Bunuban languages

Not to be confused with Bunabun language.
Bunuban
Geographic
distribution:		 northern Australia
Linguistic classification: One of the world's primary language families
Subdivisions:
Glottolog: buna1274[1]

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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 400, and are endangered.

References

  1. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Bunaban". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  • McGregor, William (2004). The Languages of the Kimberley, Western Australia. London, New York: Taylor & Francis. pp. 39–40. 


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