Nunukul language

Not to be confused with Ngunawal language.

Nunukul (Nununkul, Nunugal, Nunagal, misspelled "Nukunul"), or Munjan (Moonjan, Meanjin), is an extinct language of Queensland in Australia. The people it is spoken by are called the Nunukul, but the language is called Moondjan.^[2]

Nunukul
Nunagal
Mundjan
Native to	Australia
Region	Minjerribah, Queensland
Ethnicity	Nunukul
Extinct	(date missing)
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Durubalic Nunukul
Dialects	jagarabal/jagarabul Nunagal
Language codes
ISO 639-3	xnu
Glottolog	None
AIATSIS[1]	E21

Person	Nunukul
Language	Moondjan
Country	Minjerribah (North Stradbroke Island)

Dialects

According to Nils Holmer, there are two dialects of Nunagal, being Yagarabul (referred to him by the names jagarabal or jagarabul) and Nunagal.^[3]

Vocabulary

Some words from the Nunukul/Munjan language, as spelt and written by Nunukul/Munjan authors include:

• Gooboora: the Silent Pool
• Oodgeroo: paperbark tree
• Woor: devil / evil being