Yugambeh language
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| Yugambeh | ||
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| Spoken in: | Queensland, Australia | |
| Total speakers: | ? | |
| Language family: | Pama-Nyungan Yugambeh |
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| Writing system: | Latin alphabet | |
| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | aus | |
| ISO/FDIS 639-3: | yub | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for an English-based pronunciation key. | ||
Yugambeh (many other names; see below) is an Australian aboriginal language spoken by the Yugambeh people living on the South-East Queensland coast between the Logan River and the Tweed River (including South Stradbroke Island).[1]
Yugambeh is one of some dozen or two dozen dialects of the Bandjalang language. Among the differences in Yugambeh is that yugambeh (or yugam) is the word for no. The Yugambeh people use this to identify their language (those who say yugambeh for no).[2]
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[edit] Names
Yugambeh may also be referred to as:
- Yugambal, Yugumbal, Yugambir, Yugabeh
- Yubumbee
- Jugumbir, Jukamba
- Manaldjali (probably from Mununjali, the name of a family group speaking Yugambeh)
- Minjanbal (probably from Minjungbal, the name of a family group speaking Yugambeh)
- Ngarrubul, Ngarrbal
[edit] References
- ^ Yugambeh Museum web site introduction (web site by the Kombumerri Aboriginal Corporation for Culture)
- ^ Macquarie Aboriginal Words, Macquarie University, 1994, paperback ISBN 0-949757-79-9, chapter 1
[edit] Further reading
- Dictionary of Yugambeh Including Neighbouring Dialects, compiled by Margaret Sharpe, Pacific Linguistics: Australian National University, 1998.
