Gowar is an extinct indigenous language of Australia. The language was spoken on

Moreton Island Moreton Island (Mulgumpin) is an island on the eastern side of Moreton Bay on the coast of South East Queensland, Australia. The Coral Sea lies on the east coast of the island. Moreton Island lies northeast of the Queensland capital, Brisban ...

off the coast of modern-day

Brisbane Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Queensland, and the third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of approximately 2.6 million. Brisbane lies at the centre of the South ...

. 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 Durubalic is a small family of extinct Australian Aboriginal languages of Queensland. Bowern (2011) lists five Durubalic languages: * Turrubal (Turubul) and Yagara (Jagara) * Jandai (Janday) * Nunukul (Nunungal, Moonjan) * Gowar (Guwar) Dixo ...

(Bowern 2011) or (along with the Pimpama language) to the Bandjalangic languages (Jefferies 2011).

References

Durubalic languages Extinct languages of Queensland Yugambeh–Bundjalung languages {{ia-lang-stub