Djabugay language
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| Djabugay | ||
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| Spoken in: | Queensland, Australia | |
| Total speakers: | 3 (1981) | |
| Language family: | Pama-Nyungan Yidinic Djabugay |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | aus | |
| ISO 639-3: | dyy | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | ||
Djabugay (many other names; see below) is a nearly extinct Australian Aboriginal language once spoken by Djabugay people.
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[edit] Names
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Names for this language and/or some of it's dialects include:
- Djabugay, Djabugai, Dyaabugay, Dyabugay, Tjapukai
- Tjabakai-Thandji, Tjabogaijanji; Djabungandji, Tjapunkandji
- Tjunbundji; Koko-Tjumbundji
- Tjankun
- Tjankir
- Kokonyungalo, Kikonjunkulu
- Bulum-Bulum
- Check-Cull
- Chewlie
- Hileman
- Kodgotto
- Ngarlkadjie
- Orlow
[edit] Vocabulary
Some words from the Djabugay langauge, as spelt and written by Djabugay authors include[1]:
- Bulurru: elsewhere known as Dreaming, the source of life.
- Gurrabana: where people and everything in Djabugay society and life is divided between wet and dry, this is the wet season side.
- Gurraminya: where people and everything in Djabugay society and life is divided between wet and dry, this is the dry season side.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Duffin, Rhonda & Brim, Rosetta (1993?) Ngapi Garrang Bulurru-m: All Things Come from Bulurru. Kuranda, Queensland. ISBN 0-646-09380-0.
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