Nunukul language

{{short description|Extinct Australian Aboriginal language}}

{{distinguish|Ngunawal language}}

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

{{Infobox language

| name = Nunukul

| nativename = {{lang|xnu|Mundjan}}

| states = Australia

| region = Minjerribah, Queensland

| ethnicity = Nunukul

| extinct = ?

| ref =

| familycolor = Australian

| fam1 = Pama–Nyungan

| fam2 = Durubalic

| iso3 = xnu

| aiatsis = E21

| glotto = none

| dia1 = jagarabal/jagarabul

| dia2 = Nunagal

| altname = Nunagal

}}{{Infobox ethnonym|Nunukul||Moondjan|Minjerribah (North Stradbroke Island)}}

Nunukul (Nununkul, Nunugal, Nunagal, misspelled "Nukunul"), or Munjan (Moonjan, Meanjin), is an extinct language of Queensland in Australia. The people it is spoken by are called the Nunukul, but the language is called Moondjan.{{Cite web |title={{!}} AIATSIS corporate website |url=https://aiatsis.gov.au/austlang/language/E21 |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=aiatsis.gov.au}}

Dialects

According to Nils Holmer, there are two dialects of Nunagal, being Yagarabul (referred to him by the names jagarabal or jagarabul) and Nunagal.{{Cite book |last=Holmer |first=Nils M. |author-link=Nils Holmer |url=https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/219890/1/Holmer-1983-LinguisticsSurveySouthEasternQueensland.pdf |title=Linguistic Survey of South-Eastern Queensland |date=1983 |publisher=Department of Linguistics Research, School of Pacific Studies, The Australian National University |series=Pacific Linguistics D-54 |doi=10.15144/PL-D54.cover}}

Vocabulary

Some words from the Nunukul/Munjan language, as spelt and written by Nunukul/Munjan authors include:

  • {{lang|xnu|Gooboora}}: the Silent Pool
  • {{lang|xnu|Oodgeroo}}: paperbark tree
  • {{lang|xnu|Woor}}: devil / evil being

References

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{{Pama–Nyungan languages|East}}

Category:Durubalic languages

Category:Extinct languages of Queensland

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