I. M. Sim - Comparative vocabularies of three native languages of North Western New South Wales and Southern Queensland, 1955 - Page 5

  The following notes   on   Three  New South Wales languages were made during 1955   at Goodooga   in north western New South Wales. The three languages are Ju.'a: l ei ai, Gwomu. And Murawari.   Which former tribes inhabited the surrounding districts,   occupying approximately the area from on the adjoining sketch.

  These  tribes have entirely disappeared and the language   is retained by very few individuals . The  future is similar to that in many other New South Wales towns - a few of the older   people retain language and use it amongst themselves. They also retain scattered   .......... Works of folklore and custom, but any language of former    Initiation rights and  similar  ceremonies has been lost. The vocabulary given here for the   Ju.'a:l ei ai    language is stricly speaking representative of the northern dialect. Known words in the southern dialect have been added in brackets.   The  Ju.'a:l ei ai   language was .......   In the east records by R. H. Matthews and the customs language and habits of the tribe were the subjects of Mrs Hangcok Parkers   books( more particularly of the southern horde from on the Nungabara people). The Murawari.languagewas also studied by R.H Mathews.

the Gwomu vocabulary is that of the southern dialect and at the date of recording there was   only one individual who had a fluent grasp of this dialect. Words from the northern dialect are indicated where recorded.

Both Gwomu an Ju.'a:lei Ai have subsequently benn recorded from the same informants by Dr S. Wurm, then of the University of Sydney, the recording being done with the aid of tape recordings.

These notes are little more than comparitive vocabularies of the three languages since it was not possible to gain more than a very fundamental idea of their grammar and syntax. Some simple...