Bunuban languages
{{Short description|Australian Aboriginal language family}}
{{distinguish|Bunabun language}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox language family
|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 400. Both are endangered.
Vocabulary
Capell (1940) lists the following basic vocabulary items: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}}
:
| class="wikitable sortable" class="wikitable sortable"
! English |
| man
| {{lang|bck|gujɽäma}} || {{lang|gni|juwulu}} |
|---|
| woman
| {{lang|bck|wiːji}} || {{lang|gni|maŋo}} |
| head
| {{lang|bck|guŋgulu}} || {{lang|gni|walu}} |
| eye
| {{lang|bck|mulu}} || {{lang|gni|mɔːlu}} |
| nose
| {{lang|bck|wuɽa}} || {{lang|gni|manili}} |
| mouth
| {{lang|bck|djäläṉ}} || {{lang|gni|daŋandi}} |
| tongue
| {{lang|bck|djälän}} || {{lang|gni|djäläṉ}} |
| stomach
| {{lang|bck|giniŋa}} || {{lang|gni|djulu}} |
| bone
| {{lang|bck|gudju}} || {{lang|gni|gudji}} |
| blood
| {{lang|bck|gili}} || {{lang|gni|wari}} |
| kangaroo
| {{lang|bck|wandjiri}} || {{lang|gni|wandjiri}} |
| opossum
| {{lang|bck|läŋgur}} || {{lang|gni|djämbidjin}} |
| emu
| {{lang|bck|ganaŋandja}} || |
| crow
| {{lang|bck|waŋgaɳa}} || {{lang|gni|waŋgide}} |
| fly
| {{lang|bck|ŋirinji}} || {{lang|gni|ŋurinj}} |
| sun
| {{lang|bck|gawara}} || {{lang|gni|miri}} |
| moon
| {{lang|bck|gilimana}} || {{lang|gni|djaːlin}} |
| fire
| {{lang|bck|windäli}} || {{lang|gni|weandi}} |
| smoke
| {{lang|bck|bindja}} || {{lang|gni|wangi}} |
| water
| {{lang|bck|gaɽwa}} || {{lang|gni|gaːmba}} |
References
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- {{cite book |last=McGregor |first=William |year=2004 |title=The Languages of the Kimberley, Western Australia |location=London, New York |publisher=Taylor & Francis |pages=39–40}}
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{{Australian Aboriginal languages}}
{{language families}}
Category:Non-Pama-Nyungan languages
Category:Indigenous Australian languages in Western Australia