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Bunganditj

Bunganditj was a Pama-Nyungan language once spoken in Australia.

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Bunganditj · 36.5°S 140.5°E

Bungandidj is a language of Australia, spoken by the Bungandidj people, Indigenous Australians who lived in an area which is now in south-eastern South Australia and in south-western Victoria. According to Christina Smith and her book on the Buandig people, the Bungandidj called their language drualat-ngolonung (speech of man), or Booandik-ngolo (speech of the Booandik). As of 2017, there is a revival and maintenance programme under way for the language.

Historical variants of the name include: Bunganditj, Bungandaetch, Bunga(n)daetcha, Bungandity, Bungandit, Buganditch, Bungaditj, Pungantitj, Pungatitj, Booganitch, Buanditj, Buandik, Booandik, Boandiks, Bangandidj, Bungandidjk, Pungandik, Bak-on-date, Barconedeet, Booandik-ngolo, Borandikngolo, Bunganditjngolo, and Burhwundeirtch.

From Wikipedia · Bungandidj language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Bunganditj

MeaningWordRomanization
personwiyawuwal*
namenuri*
eyemir*
earwra*
nosekawu*
toothtaNa*
tonguetala*
handmana*
bloodkuruk*
boneba*
skinmun*
kneeparayn*
breastpap*
liverlu*
waterpari*
firewarnam*
sunkaru*
starpunjil*
stonemari*
mountainkripuNkurayn*
treebina*
leafyira*
nightmul*
dogkal*
lousemuna*
onewandu*
twopulak*
INatu*
youNuru*
wewi*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.

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