Ngormbur Language
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Ngomburr, also spelt Ngumbur, is a supposed extinct
Australian Aboriginal language The Indigenous languages of Australia number in the hundreds, the precise number being quite uncertain, although there is a range of estimates from a minimum of around 250 (using the technical definition of 'language' as non-mutually intellig ...
. It has sometimes been assumed to be a dialect of Umbugarla, but it is not attested; the only evidence to go on is that neighbouring peoples reported that it was similar to Umbugarla.Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices It was spoken to the west of the
South Alligator River Alligator Rivers is the name of an area in an Arnhem Land region of the Northern Territory of Australia, containing three rivers, the East, West, and South Alligator Rivers. It is regarded as one of the richest biological regions in Australia ...
, between the Ga'baarlgu and the
South Alligator River Alligator Rivers is the name of an area in an Arnhem Land region of the Northern Territory of Australia, containing three rivers, the East, West, and South Alligator Rivers. It is regarded as one of the richest biological regions in Australia ...
, in Kakadu, Northern Territory. There were two speakers recorded in 1975, but none since then, on the
AUSTLANG The Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS), established as the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies (AIAS) in 1964, is an independent Australian Government statutory authority. It is a collecting, ...
database.


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Unattested languages of Australia Extinct languages of the Northern Territory Darwin Region languages Arnhem Land {{NorthernTerritory-stub