Bungandidj language
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Bungandidj or Buandig is an extinct language of Australia
Australia
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, once spoken by the Buandig
Buandig
The Buandig people are Indigenous Australians from the Mount Gambier region in western Victoria and south-eastern South Australia.-Traditional Lands:...

 people, Indigenous Australians from the Mount Gambier
Mount Gambier, South Australia
Mount Gambier is the largest regional city in South Australia located approximately 450 kilometres south of the capital Adelaide and just 17 kilometres from the Victorian border....

 region in present-day western Victoria and south-eastern South Australia
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...

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According to Christina Smith
Christina Smith (teacher and missionary)
Christina Smith was a teacher and Christian missionary who documented the lives, customs, legends, and language of the Buandig Indigenous Australians from the Mount Gambier region in western Victoria and south-eastern South Australia....

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 Bungandaitj, 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, Burhwundeirtch.
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