Native to Australia Ethnicity Bunurong people ISO 639-3 None (mis) | Region Victoria Extinct ca. 1903 | |
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Language family Pama–Nyungan
Kulinic
Kulin
Wuy-wurrung
Bun wurrung | ||
Bunwurrung (also anglicised as Bunurong, Bun wurrung, Boonwurrung among other spellings) is the Indigenous Australian language spoken by the Bunurong people of the Kulin Nation of Central Victoria at the time of European settlement.
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Geographic Distribution
It was spoken by six clans along the coast from the Werribee River, across the Mornington Peninsula, Western Port Bay to Wilsons Promontory.
Related languages
Bunwurrung is closely related to Woiwurrung language, with which it shares over 90% of its vocabulary.
Placenames derived from Bunwurrung language terms
References
Bunwurrung language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA