Bungandidj language
| Bunganditj | |
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| Buwandik | |
| Region | South-east South Australia South-west Victoria |
| Ethnicity | Buandig |
| Extinct | (date missing) |
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Pama–Nyungan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | |
| Glottolog | bung1264 |
| AIATSIS | S13 |
Bunganditj or Buandig (Buwandik) is a language of Australia, spoken by the Buandig people, Indigenous Australians who lived in an area which is now in south-eastern South Australia and in south-western Victoria.
According to Christina Smith and her book on the Buandig people, the Buandig called their language Drualat-ngolonung (speech of man), or Booandik-ngolo (speech of the Booandik).
Variants of the name are Bunganditj, Bungandaetch, Bunga(n)daetcha, Bungandity, Bungandit, Buganditch, Bungaditj, Pungantitj, Pungatitj, Booganitch, Buanditj, Buandik, Booandik, Boandiks, Bangandidj, Bungandidjk, Pungandik, Bak-on-date, Barconedeet, Booandik-ngolo, Borandikngolo, Bunganditjngolo, and Burhwundeirtch.
Bunganditj phonology is typical of Australian languages generally, sharing characteristics such as a single series of stops (no voicing contrast) at six places of articulation, a full corresponding set of nasals, laminals at all four coronal places of articulation and two glides. Extrapolating from historical written sources and knowledge of surrounding languages, Blake posits the following consonant inventory:
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