Endangered Languages Project

Note on Australian languages with no known speakers: For some languages, we haven't been able to confirm speaker numbers. In other cases, there isn't anyone who has grown up speaking the language, but there are still people who identify with the language, and who are working to revitalize their languages. We've chosen to include these languages in the Catalogue for this reason.

ALSO KNOWN AS		Buduna, Boordoona, Bootena, Boruna, Budina, Budoona, Bu-tena, Poodena, Poordoona, Purduma, Pinneegooroo, Talandji-Buduna, Burduna
CLASSIFICATION		Pama-Nyungan, Kanyara
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		bxn
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Information from: “Burduna” . Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre (2009)

Dormant
0
Native speakers worldwide
SEMI SPEAKERS
a few
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"A language inventory in 1994 identifies no remaining speakers of the language. Many people of Burduna heritage speak some words or phrases but the language is considered to be extinct... Today there are a few people who can still recognise and use small amounts of the language, living in Onslow."

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Burduna people live in the Ashburton-Gascoyne region in the south of the Pilbara. Many people now live in Onslow and Carnarvon... Burduna was spoken around Nyang and Maroonah Stations in the Ashburton-Gascoyne region of the Pilbara in Western Australia, Traditional country was around the Yannarie River and Lyndon River area. The area in and around Towera Station is spoken of as being traditional Burduna country as well."

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
3
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1981

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"There remain two speakers, but they are very old and ill."

PLACES: Australia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Nyang, Maroonah; Lyndon

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: "Spoken south of Thalanyji along the Yannarie River from Nyang Station to Maroonah Station, and then south-west to the Lyndon River."

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
3
Native speakers worldwide

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
3
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
(SIL)

DATE OF INFO: 2011

PLACES: Australia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Western Australia, Henry and upper Lyndon rivers."

MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"It is not known if there are still speakers of this language."

	2007	Australasia and the Pacific	Atlas of the World's Languages	97-126		R. E. Asher and Christopher Moseley		Routledge				4		Darrell Tryon	Tryon, Darrell. 2007. "Australasia and the Pacific." In Atlas of the World's Languages, edited by R. E. Asher and Christopher Moseley. 97-126. Routledge.		3	1981	1-9			Critically Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
	1988	Aboriginal Languages of the Gascoyne-Ashburton Region		43-63					LaTrobe Working Papers in Linguistics	1			https://s3.amazonaws.com/academia.edu.documents/38000125/Austin_GascoyneAshburton.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAIWOWYYGZ2Y53UL3A&Expires=1550356316&Signature=oHEyGNVxln%2BkbspCkFfM7J8w4w0%3D&response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3DAboriginal_languages_of_the_Gascoyne-Ash.pdf	P. Austin	P. Austin. 1988. "Aboriginal Languages of the Gascoyne-Ashburton Region." In LaTrobe Working Papers in Linguistics, 1: 43-63.	HHOLD	2		1-9	"There remain two speakers, but they are very old and ill."		Critically Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	"Spoken south of Thalanyji along the Yannarie River from Nyang Station to Maroonah Station, and then south-west to the Lyndon River."	Australia	Nyang, Maroonah; Lyndon	-22.907803,115.020447; -23.480018,115.545798; -23.480018,115.545798
	2011	How many languages were spoken in Australia?			Also includes subsequent additions by CB directly into ElCat								http://anggarrgoon.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/austlangs-masterlanguagelist-dec2011.xlsx	Claire Bowern	Claire Bowern. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?" Online: http://anggarrgoon.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/austlangs-masterlanguagelist-dec2011.xlsx.					"It is not known if there are still speakers of this language."						-23.0093807, 114.8292027
	2009	Burduna					Web page						http://www.wangkamaya.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=167&Itemid=331	Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre	Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre. 2009. "Burduna." Online: http://www.wangkamaya.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=167&Itemid=331.		0			"A language inventory in 1994 identifies no remaining speakers of the language. Many people of Burduna heritage speak some words or phrases but the language is considered to be extinct... Today there are a few people who can still recognise and use small amounts of the language, living in Onslow."	a few	Dormant ()			"Burduna people live in the Ashburton-Gascoyne region in the south of the Pilbara. Many people now live in Onslow and Carnarvon... Burduna was spoken around Nyang and Maroonah Stations in the Ashburton-Gascoyne region of the Pilbara in Western Australia, Traditional country was around the Yannarie River and Lyndon River area. The area in and around Towera Station is spoken of as being traditional Burduna country as well."
		World Oral Literature Project											http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.		3		1-9			Critically Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
18th	2015	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 18th Edition				Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig		SIL International			Dallas, Texas		http://www.ethnologue.com		Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2015. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Eighteenth edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.		3	2011	1-9	(SIL)		Critically Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		Australia	"Western Australia, Henry and upper Lyndon rivers."

Purduna

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Purduna

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20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

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20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2

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20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

3

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3

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