Biri language
| Biri | |
|---|---|
| Eastern Maric | |
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Queensland |
| Extinct | (date missing) |
|
Pama–Nyungan
| |
| Dialects |
Biri
Gangulu
Wirri (Widi, Yuwibara)
Yilba
Baradha
Yambina
Yetimarala
Garanjbal
Yangga[1]
Mandalgu
Giya (Bumbarra)?
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
Variously: bzr – Biri gnl – Gangulu xgi – Garingbal |
| Glottolog |
east2716[2] |
| AIATSIS[3] |
E56 Biri, E58 Giya, E65* Mandalgu |
Biri (Biria, Birigaba) is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language of Queensland. A grammar of Biri proper was written before the language went extinct.
Giya may have been a dialect.[3] Barna, spoken by the Aminungo in the midst of identified Biri dialects, may have been as well.
References
- ↑ RMW Dixon (2002), Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development, p xxxiii
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Eastern Maric". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Biri at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (see the info box for additional links)