Social:Dhungaloo language

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Short description: Australian Aboriginal language
Dhungaloo
(unconfirmed)
Native toAustralia
RegionQueensland
Native speakers
1? (2012)[1]
Pama–Nyungan
  • (unclassified,
    possibly Maric)
    • Dhungaloo
Language codes
ISO 639-3dhx
Glottologdhun1239[2]

Dhungaloo (Dungaloo) is a possibly extinct Australian Aboriginal language of Queensland. Bowern[3] suggests that it may have been a Maric language. However, AIATSIS has no listing for the name.[4]

References

  1. Roy Hatfield is probably the last speaker.[1]
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds (2017). "Dhungaloo". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. http://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/dhun1239. 
  3. Bowern, Claire. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?", Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web, December 23, 2011 (corrected February 6, 2012)
  4. "AIATSIS". https://aiatsis.gov.au/.