Barunggam language

{{short description|Extinct Australian Aboriginal language}}

{{Use Australian English|date=October 2018}}

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{{Infobox language

| name = Barunggam

| nativename = Muringam

| region = Queensland

| ethnicity = Baruŋgam

| extinct = ?

| familycolor = Australian

| fam1 = Pama–Nyungan

| fam2 = Waka–Kabic

| fam3 = Miyan

| fam4 = Waga-Waga?

| iso3 = none

| glotto = none

| aiatsis = D40

| aiatsisname = Barunggam

| aiatsis2 = D56

| aiatsisname2 = Muringam

| map = Map of Traditional Lands of Australian Aboriginal peoples in SE Qld.png

| mapcaption = Traditional lands of Australian Aboriginal peoples around BrisbaneThis map is indicative only.

}}

Barunggam (Murrumningama) is an extinct Pama-Nyungan Aboriginal language spoken by the Barunggam people of Queensland in Australia.[http://www.atsida.edu.au/archive/language-groups/barunggam Barunggam], at AIATSIS Language and Peoples Thesaurus.

The Barunggam language shared many words with the neighboring languages, including Jarowair{{Cite web |date=2020-07-04 |title=Language of the Week: Week Six - Jarowair |url=https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/blog/language-week-week-six-jarowair |access-date=2024-10-10 |website=State Library of Queensland |language=en}} to the east, Wakka Wakka to the north and Mandandanji to the west.[http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/resources/atsi/languages/word-lists/body-parts/barunggam-body-parts Barunggam body parts]. Kite and Wurm describe Barunggam as a dialect of Wakka Wakka.

Tindale gives the traditional lands for the Barunggam who spoke the language as:

"Headwaters of Condamine River east of Jackson to about Dalby; north about Charley Creek to Dividing Ranges and west to Wongorgera and Woleebee; south to Tara; at 165 Chinchilla and Jandowae. Their country is on the red soils south and west of the Dividing Range".Norman Barnett Tindale, [http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/barunggam.htm Barunggam (QLD)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181019122047/http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/barunggam.htm |date=19 October 2018 }}, (South Australian Museum website, 2000).