Guwar language

Gowar is an extinct indigenous language of Australia. The language was spoken on Moreton Island of the coast of modern-day Brisbane.[2]

Gowar
Ngugi
RegionQueensland
EthnicityNgugi, Quandamooka
Extinctattested 1886[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologguwa1244
AIATSIS[1]E26

Other spellings are Goowar, Gooar, Guar, Gowr-burra; other names Ngugi (Mugee, Wogee, Gnoogee), Chunchiburri, Booroo-geen-merrie.

It may be related to the Durubalic languages (Bowern 2011) or (along with the Pimpama language) to the Bandjalangic languages (Jefferies 2011).

References

  1. E26 Gowar at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  2. Jefferies, Anthony (1 September 2011). "Guwar, the language of Moreton Island, and its relationship to the Bandjalang and Yagara subgroups: a case for phylogenetic migratory expansion?". University of Queensland. Retrieved 30 September 2018.


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