Guwar language

{{short description|Extinct Australian Aboriginal language}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

{{Infobox language

| name = Gowar

| altname = Ngugi

| region = Queensland

| ethnicity = Ngugi Quandamooka

| extinct =

| ref = aiatsis

| familycolor = Australian

| fam1 = Pama–Nyungan

| fam2 = Durubalic?
Bandjalangic?

| iso3 = none

| aiatsis = E26

| glotto = guwa1244

| glottorefname = Guwar

| states = Australia

| era = attested 1886

| fam3 = Guwar–Pimpama ?

}}

Gowar is an extinct indigenous language of Australia. The language was spoken on Moreton Island off the coast of modern-day Brisbane.{{cite web|url=https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:276920|title=Guwar, the language of Moreton Island, and its relationship to the Bandjalang and Yagara subgroups: a case for phylogenetic migratory expansion?

|first=Anthony|last=Jefferies|date=September 1, 2011|access-date=September 30, 2018|work=University of Queensland}}

Other spellings are Goowar, Gooar, Guar, Gowr-burra; other names Ngugi (Mugee, Wogee, Gnoogee), Chunchiburri, Booroo-geen-merrie.

It may be related to the Durubalic languages (Bowern 2011) or (along with the Pimpama language) to the Bandjalangic languages (Jefferies 2011).