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Bunuban languages

Australian Aboriginal language family

Summary

Australian Aboriginal language family

Field	Value
name	Bunuban
region	around Fitzroy Crossing, Kimberley region
family	One of the world's primary language families
familycolor	Australian
glotto	buna1274
glottorefname	Bunaban
child1	Bunuba
child2	Gooniyandi
map	Bunaban languages.png
mapcaption	Bunuban languages (purple), among other non-Pama-Nyungan languages (grey)

The Bunuban languages (or Bunaban) are a small family of Australian Aboriginal languages spoken in northern Australia. The family consists of two languages, Bunuba and Gooniyandi, which are related to each other to about the same degree that English is related to Dutch. Bunuba has about 100 speakers and Gooniyandi about 200. Both are endangered.

Vocabulary

Capell (1940) lists the following basic vocabulary items:

:{| class="wikitable sortable" class="wikitable sortable" ! English ! Bunaba !! Gunian |- ! man | gujɽäma || juwulu |- ! woman | wiːji || maŋo |- ! head | guŋgulu || walu |- ! eye | mulu || mɔːlu |- ! nose | wuɽa || manili |- ! mouth | djäläṉ || daŋandi |- ! tongue | djälän || djäläṉ |- ! stomach | giniŋa || djulu |- ! bone | gudju || gudji |- ! blood | gili || wari |- ! kangaroo | wandjiri || wandjiri |- ! opossum | läŋgur || djämbidjin |- ! emu | ganaŋandja || |- ! crow | waŋgaɳa || waŋgide |- ! fly | ŋirinji || ŋurinj |- ! sun | gawara || miri |- ! moon | gilimana || djaːlin |- ! fire | windäli || weandi |- ! smoke | bindja || wangi |- ! water | gaɽwa || gaːmba |}

References

Capell, Arthur. 1940. [https://glottolog.org/resource/reference/id/4167 The Classification of Languages in North and North-West Australia]. ''Oceania'' 10(3): 241-272, 404-433. {{doi. 10.1002/j.1834-4461.1940.tb00292.x

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