Pimpama language

Indigenous language of Australia

Pimpama
RegionQueensland
Extinctattested[1]
Language family
Pama–Nyungan
  • Bandjalangic?
    • Pimpama
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologpimp1234
AIATSIS[1]

Pimpama is an indigenous language of Australia, possibly spurious (Davies, 2022), and if real, certainly extinct. The language was spoken on the coast near modern-day Brisbane. Along with Gowar, it may have been related to the Bandjalangic languages (Jefferies 2011).

References

  1. ^ a b – Pimpama at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

Sources

  • Davies, S. (2022, 8 July - 10 July). Your language is dead: Go learn Bundjalung — Those who said Yugambeh [Conference presentation]. Australian Languages Workshop 2022, Dunwich, Qld, Australia.
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