Burarra
A language of Australia
| Population | 700 (1996 census). |
| Region | Northern Territory, Arnhem Land, Maningrida. |
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Northern Australia |
| Alternate names | Anbarra, Barera, Bawera, Burada, Bureda, Burera, Gidjingaliya Gujingalia, Gujalabiya, Gun-Guragone, Jikai, Tchikai |
| Classification | Australian, Gunwingguan, Burarran |
| Language development | Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1991. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
| Comments | SOV. Hunter-gatherers. |
Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:
Academic Publications
GARNER, Mark; GLASGOW, Kathleen B., authors. 1980. "Clause-level tagmemes of Burarra."
GLASGOW, David, author. 1966. Notes on the Burera sound system (North Arnhem Coast).
GLASGOW, David; GLASGOW, Kathleen B., authors. 1967. "The phonemes of Burera."
GLASGOW, David; KERR, Harland B., authors. 1964. "Burera verb prefixes."
GLASGOW, Kathleen B., author. 1964. "Four principal contrasts in Burera personal pronouns."
GLASGOW, Kathleen B., author. 1964. "Frame of reference for two Burera tenses."
GLASGOW, Kathleen B., author. 1981. Burarra orthography.
GLASGOW, Kathleen B., author. 1981. Burarra phonemes.
GLASGOW, Kathleen B., author. 1988. "The structure and system of Burarra sentences."
GLASGOW, Kathleen B., compiler. 1994. Burarra - Gun-nartpa dictionary with English finder list.
KERR, Harland B., author. 1964. "Specific and generic lexical contrast in pronominal systems."
KERR, Harland B., author. 2012. The pronominal systems of Wik-Munkan, Burera, Lenakol and Kunimaipa: specific and generic function.
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NAGAI, Yasuko, author. 1990. "Big books—sharing enjoyable reading experiences."
Vernacular Publications
Abirri-jirrapa an-ngardapa bigipigi. 1985.
Abirri-jirrapa gu-ngarda yerrcha rrapa nguymbula. 1985.
Aburr-bamuna mu-lipalipa. 1988.
an-buburba a-diminga a-workiya. 1974.
A-worlpuna (Supplementary reader, Unit 10, Marn.gi Mun-guni). 1976.
Burarra jurra 1, 2, 3, 4. 1978.
Gulukula an-mugat rrapa nenikut gu-ngarda yerrcha. 1985.
Gulukula m-barra balaja. 1985.
Jin-ngardapa jinyi-lijiwarriyana. 1988.
marn.gi mun-guni mun-nika. 1974.
Marrchila a-borrchekarra. 1985.
Ngupi-pangi ngupudu-nidi. 1969.

