Bungandidj language
| Bunganditj | |
|---|---|
| Buwandik | |
| Region | South-east South Australia South-west Victoria |
| Ethnicity | Buandig |
| Extinct | (date missing) |
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Pama–Nyungan
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| Dialects |
Bungandik
Pinejunga
Mootatunga
Wichintunga
Polinjunga[1]
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | xbg |
| Glottolog | bung1264[2] |
| AIATSIS[3] | S13 |
Bunganditj or Buandig (Buwandik) is a language of Australia, spoken by the Buandig people, Indigenous Australians who lived in the Mount Gambier region in present-day south-eastern South Australia and in south-western Victoria.
According to Christina Smith and her book on the Buandig people, the Buandig called their language Drualat-ngolonung (speech of man), or Booandik-ngolo (speech of the Booandik).[4]
Variants of the name are Bunganditj, Bungandaetch, Bunga(n)daetcha, Bungandity, Bungandit, Buganditch, Bungaditj, Pungantitj, Pungatitj, Booganitch, Buanditj, Buandik, Booandik, Boandiks, Bangandidj, Bungandidjk, Pungandik, Bak-on-date, Barconedeet, Booandik-ngolo, Borandikngolo, Bunganditjngolo, and Burhwundeirtch.
References
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- ↑ Bunganditj at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ↑ Christina Smith, The Booandik Tribe of South Australian Aborigines: A Sketch of Their Habits, Customs, Legends, and Language, Spiller, 1880
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