Djabugay language
| Djabugay | |
|---|---|
| Region | Queensland, Australia |
Native speakers | 28 (2006 census)[1] |
|
Pama–Nyungan
| |
| Dialects |
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
dyy |
| Glottolog |
dyaa1242[3] |
| AIATSIS[1] |
Y106 |
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
References
- 1 2 Djabugay at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ↑ Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge University Press. p. xxxii.
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Dyaabugay". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Bowern, Claire. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?", Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web, December 23, 2011 (corrected February 6, 2012)
- ↑ 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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