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Guwar language

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

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

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. ^ a b 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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