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, between the Ga'baarlgu and the
South Alligator River, 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.
References
Unattested languages of Australia
Extinct languages of the Northern Territory
Darwin Region languages
Arnhem Land
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