Gowar is an extinct indigenous language of Australia. The language was spoken on

Moreton Island Moreton Island (Mulgumpin) is an island on the eastern side of Moreton Bay on the coast of South East Queensland, Australia. The Coral Sea lies on the east coast of the island. Moreton Island lies northeast of the Queensland capital, Brisbane. ...

off the coast of modern-day

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. Other spellings are ''Goowar, Gooar, Guar, Gowr-burra''; other names ''Ngugi (Mugee, Wogee, Gnoogee), Chunchiburri, Booroo-geen-merrie.'' It may be related to the

Durubalic languages Durubalic is a small family of Australian Aboriginal languages of Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most po ...

(Bowern 2011) or (along with the

Pimpama language Pimpama is an indigenous language of Australia, possibly spurious, and if real, certainly extinct. The language was spoken on the coast near modern-day Brisbane Brisbane ( ; ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and largest ...

) to the Bandjalangic languages (Jefferies 2011).

References

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