Dhungaloo language

Dhungaloo
Dungaloo
Native toAustralia
RegionQueensland
Native speakers
1? (2012)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3dhx
Glottologdhun1239
ELPDhungaloo

Dhungaloo (Dungaloo) is an extinct[2] Australian Aboriginal language of Queensland. Bowern[3] suggests that it may have been a Maric language. However, AIATSIS has no listing for the name, listing a Dungaloo wordlist under Taribelang.[4][5] Glottolog treats it as a dialect of Gureng Gureng.[2]

References

  1. ^ Roy Hatfield is probably the last speaker.[1]
  2. ^ a b "Glottolog 5.2 - Gureng Gureng". glottolog.org. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
  3. ^ Bowern, Claire. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?", Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web, 23 December 2011 (corrected 6 February 2012)
  4. ^ "Collections | AIATSIS corporate website". aiatsis.gov.au. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
  5. ^ "AIATSIS". Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies.


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