Dhungaloo language

Dhungaloo
(unconfirmed)
Native to Australia
Region Queensland
Native speakers
 1? (2012)[1]
Pama–Nyungan

  • (unclassified,
    possibly Maric)

    • Dhungaloo
Language codes
ISO 639-3 dhx
Glottolog None

Dhungaloo (Dungaloo) is a possibly extinct Australian Aboriginal language of Queensland. Bowern[2] suggests that it may have been a Maric language. However, AIATSIS has no listing for the name.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Roy Hatfield is probably the last speaker.
  2. ↑ Bowern, Claire. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?", Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web, December 23, 2011 (corrected February 6, 2012)
  3. ↑


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