Ngomburr, also spelt Ngumbur, is a supposed extinct
Australian Aboriginal language. 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, between the Ga'baarlgu and the
South Alligator River, in
Kakadu, Northern Territory
Kakadu National Park is a protected area in the Northern Territory of Australia, southeast of Darwin. It is a World Heritage Site. Kakadu is also gazetted as a locality, covering the same area as the national park, with 313 people recorded liv ...
.
There were two speakers recorded in 1975, but none since then, on the
AUSTLANG database.
References
Unattested languages of Australia
Extinct languages of the Northern Territory
Darwin Region languages
Arnhem Land
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