Nauo language

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Nauo
Spoken in: Eyre Peninsula, South Australia
Language extinction: 19th century
Language family: Pama-Nyungan
 Southwest
  Thura-Yura
   Nauo 
Writing system: Latin alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2: aus
ISO/FDIS 639-3:

Nauo is an extinct and little-recorded Australian Aboriginal language that was spoken by the Nauo people on the southern part of the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia.

[edit] References

  • Hercus, Luise; Simpson, Jane (2001). “The tragedy of Nauo”, Forty years on: Ken Hale and Australian languages. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, 263–290.