Nukunu

The Nukunu language lies east of the head of Spencer Gulf in South Australia, and includes the townships of Port Pirie and Melrose.
Nukunu lies north of the closely related Kaurna and Narungga languages, and west of the Ngadjuri language.

AIATSIS id : L.04

Variations

Barutadura (men of Baroota), Doora, Eura (general term for several groups), Njuguna, Nokuna, Nokunna, Noocoona, Nookoona, Nu-guna, Nuguna (used by AIATSIS), Nugunu, Nukana, Nukuna, Nukunna, Nukunnu, Nukunu, Pukunna (misprint), Tjura, Tura ('tura’ = man), Tyra, Tyura, Wallaroo, Warra (name of language), Wongaidja, Wongaidya.

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Efforts to learn and use Nukunu

Jared Thomas from the University of South Australia has been working with Luis Hercus Nukunu booklet, to learn some Nukunu language.

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Efforts to learn and use Nukunu

Jared Thomas from the University of South Australia has been working with Luis Hercus Nukunu booklet, to learn some Nukunu language.

DISCLAIMER:

The locations of the languages of SA, as stated on the this website, are based on the 1994 AIATSIS published Horton map. They are not intended for Land Claim use, and are an approximate guide only. Individual language project locations are based on information from publicly available MILR (ILS) documents.