Extinct indigenous language of Australia
| Wulna |
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| Beriguruk |
| Native to | Australia |
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| Region | Arnhem Land |
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| Ethnicity | Beriguruk, Djerimanga |
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| Extinct | date unknown, 1 speaker cited in 1981[1] |
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Language family | |
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| Language codes |
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| ISO 639-3 | wux |
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| Glottolog | wuln1239 |
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| AIATSIS[2] | N29 |
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| ELP | Wulna |
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Wulna or Wuna is an extinct Indigenous language of Australia. It was a non-Pama-Nyungan language spoken in the Adelaide River region of the Northern Territory.[3] It is poorly attested and only tentatively classified as being related to Limilngan.[2]
It had one speaker left in 1981, Jack Wandi, who was recorded by Gavan Breen in 1980 - 1981.[1][3]
Resources
The State Library of New South Wales has an original copy of Vocabulary of the Woolner District Dialect, Adelaide River, Northern Territory by John W. O. Bennett (1869).
The book documents the vocabulary and pronunciation of Wulna in general, in addition to place names from the Adelaide River region of Northern Territory. The original copy has been annotated by Paul Foelsche, the first police inspector of Northern Territory,[4] who has added his own words to the vocabulary list, and his own corrections on pronunciation.
External links
- AUSTLANG includes and entry for the Wulna language (N29)
- Paradisec has an open access collection of Gavan Breen's materials for Wulna
- A scanned online copy of Vocabulary of the Woolner District Dialect, Adelaide River, Northern Territory by John W. O. Bennett (published 1869, annotated by Paul Foelsche), on the State Library of New South Wales' website
References
- ^ a b Wulna at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
- ^ a b N29 Wulna at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ^ a b AIATSIS (26 July 2019). "N29: Wuna". AUSTLANG. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
- ^ "Vocabulary of the Woolner District Dialect, Adelaide River, Northern Territory' by John W. O. Bennett, annotated by Paul Foelsche | Indigenous Languages". indigenous.sl.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
