Burduna language

Burduna
Purduna, Bayungu, Payungu
Native toAustralia
RegionAshburton and Gascyon rivers
EthnicityBuruna, Baiyungu
Extinct2006[1]
Dialects
  • Burduna (†?)
  • Baiyungu†
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
bxn – Burduna
bxj – Bayungu
Glottologburd1238  Burduna
bayu1240  Bayungu
AIATSIS[2]W24 Purduna, W23 Payungu
ELPPurduna
 Payungu[3]

Burduna[a] is an Aboriginal language that was traditionally spoken in the region between the Ashburton and Gascyone Rivers in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. It belongs to the Kanyara group of languages, which also includes Binigura/Pinikura (also known as Thalanyji).[4][5]

The language is now classified as critically endangered, with no recorded native speakers as of 2004. However, there are some people of Burduna heritage who can still speak and recognise a few words and phrases.[6][7][8]

  1. ^ Burduna at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
    Bayungu at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ W24 Purduna at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies  (see the info box for additional links)
  3. ^ Endangered Languages Project data for Payungu.
  4. ^ Austin, Peter (1988). "Classification of southern Pilbara languages". Papers in Australian Linguistics. 17: 1–17.
  5. ^ Dixon, Robert M. (2002). Australian languages: their nature and development. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521473781.
  6. ^ "W24: Burduna | aiatsis collection". collection.aiatsis.gov.au. Archived from the original on 31 October 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  7. ^ Austin, Peter (1988). "Aboriginal languages of the Gascoyne-Ashburton region" (PDF). La Trobe Working Papers in Linguistics. 1: 43–63 – via La Trobe University.
  8. ^ "Purduna". Sorosoro. Archived from the original on 5 January 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2021.


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