Ngawun language

Ngawun language
Ngawun
Spoken in Australia
Region Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Extinct 1977
Language family
Pama–Nyungan
Language codes
ISO 639-3 nxn

Ngawun is an extinct Paman language formerly spoken on the on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia, by the Ngawun people. The last speaker of the language was Cherry O'Keefe (or Tjapun in the language) who died of pneumonia on 24 August, 1977.[1]

The etymology of the name Ngawun is unknown.

References

  1. ^ Breen, Gavan (1981). The Mayi languages of the Queensland Gulf Country. Canberra: AIAS. p. 13. ISBN 0-85575-124-X. 



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