Djabugay language

Djabugay (or Djabuganjdji; see below for oher names) is a nearly extinct Australian Aboriginal language once spoken by Djabugay people.

Classification

Though sometimes placed in a separate Yidinyic branch of Pama–Nyungan, Bowern (2011) retains Djabugay in its traditional place within the Paman languages.^[4]

Names

Names for this language and/or some of its 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

Vocabulary

Some words from the Djabugay language, as spelt and written by Djabugay authors include:^[5]

• 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.

See also

• Djabugay people

References

1. 1 2 Djabugay at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
2. ↑ Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge University Press. p. xxxii. 
3. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Dyaabugay". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. 
4. ↑ Bowern, Claire. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?", Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web, December 23, 2011 (corrected February 6, 2012)
5. ↑ Duffin, Rhonda & Brim, Rosetta (1993?) Ngapi Garrang Bulurru-m: All Things Come from Bulurru. Kuranda, Queensland. ISBN 0-646-09380-0.