Ngumbarl language

Ngumbarl is an extinct Nyulnyulan language formerly spoken in Western Australia.

Ngumbarl
RegionAustralia
EthnicityNgombal
Extinctdocumented late 1960s, with few speakers remaining; not known by 1984
Language codes
ISO 639-3xnm
Glottologngum1253
AIATSIS[2]K4
ELPNgumbarl[3]

In the early twentieth century Daisy Bates and Billingee recorded a word list of Ngumbarl language material.[4]

References

  1. Bowern, Claire. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?", Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web, December 23, 2011 (corrected February 6, 2012)
  2. K4 Ngumbarl at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  3. Endangered Languages Project data for Ngumbarl.
  4. https://www.adelaide.edu.au/library/special/mss/bates/#ser2


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