The Bunuban languages (or Bunaban) are a small family of Australian Aboriginal languages spoken in northern Australia. The family consists of two languages, Bunuba and Gooniyandi, which are related to each other to about the same degree that English is related to Dutch. Bunuba has about 100 speakers and Gooniyandi about 200. Both are endangered.
Vocabulary Capell (1940) lists the following basic vocabulary items:Capell, Arthur. 1940. The Classification of Languages in North and North-West Australia. Oceania 10(3): 241-272, 404-433.
{| class="wikitable sortable" class="wikitable sortable" ! English ! Bunaba !! Gunian |- ! man
! woman
! head
! eye
! nose
! mouth
! tongue
! stomach
! bone
! blood
! kangaroo
! opossum
! emu
! crow
! fly
! sun
! moon
! fire
! smoke
! water
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