Burduna language

Burduna
Bayungu
Native to	Australia
Region	Henry and upper Lyndon rivers
Native speakers	2 (2005)^[1]
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Kanyara–Mantharta Kanyara Burduna
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: `bxn` – Burduna (extinct?) `bxj` – Bayungu (extinct)
Glottolog	`burd1238` (Burduna)^[2] `bayu1240` (Bayungu)^[3]
AIATSIS^[1]	`W24` Purduna, `W23` Payungu

Burduna (also spelled Boordoona, Budina, Budoona, Buduna, Poodena, Poordoona, Purduma, Purduna) and Bayungu (Payungu) is an aboriginal language, or pair of languages, of Western Australia. It is spoken in Henry and upper Lyndon rivers region. It is endangered or perhaps extinct.

References

1 2 Purduna at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (see the info box for additional links)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Burduna". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Bayungu". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

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