Ngurmbur language

Ngurmbur
Ngomburr
Region Northern Territory
Extinct (date missing)
unattested
Language codes
ISO 639-3 nrx
Glottolog ngur1260[1]
AIATSIS[2] N40.1

Ngumbur (Ngomburr) is a supposed extinct Australian Aboriginal language. It has sometimes been assumed to be a dialect of Umbugarla,[2] but it is not attested; the only evidence to go on is that neighboring peoples reported that it was similar to Umbugarla.[3]

References

  1. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Ngurmbur". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  2. 1 2 Ngurmbur at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  3. Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices


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