Bugurnidja is an
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 ...
of
Arnhem Land
Arnhem Land is a historical region of the Northern Territory of Australia, with the term still in use. It is located in the north-eastern corner of the territory and is around from the territory capital, Darwin. In 1623, Dutch East India Company ...
in northern Australia. Almost nothing is known of it; apparently
Nicholas Evans
Nicholas Benbow Evans (26 July 1950 – 9 August 2022) was a British journalist, screenwriter, television and film producer and novelist.
Biography
Nicholas Benbow Evans was born in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, son of Anthony Evans, director o ...
collected some data from a single speaker, and this showed similarities to
Ngomburr
The Ngormburr, also known as Murumburr and other variants, are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Northern Territory.
Country
The Ngormbur are thought to have had approximately of land located between the West and South Alligator rivers, ...
.
References
Darwin Region languages
Extinct languages of the Northern Territory
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