Gureng Gureng language
| Gureng Gureng | |
|---|---|
| Region | Queensland |
| Extinct | (recent) |
|
Pama–Nyungan
| |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
gnr |
| Glottolog |
gure1255[1] |
| AIATSIS[2] |
E32 Gureng-Gureng, E36 Goeng-Goeng |
Gureng Gureng is a language of Australia. Although no longer spoken as a native language, it is spoken as a 2nd or 3rd language by under 100.
'Taribelang' is a name on language maps in this area and so might refer to Gureng Gureng.
Accent
Today some speakers have a "heavier" more guttural way of speaking E.g. rolling the tongue when pronouncing the "rr's", starting words with Ng rather than a single N and also heavier speakers sound out a "dj" sound rather than "ch" or "t". "Heavier" speakers tend to be the more western groups from along the Burnett River of Queensland.
The more coastal families today seem to have a "lighter" way of speaking (less guttural & not rolling the tongue and using the single N at the start of words rather than the Ng & using "ch" & "t" rather than "dj" etc.) which is most likely the result of the influence of the English language in recent times.
References
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Gureng Gureng". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Gureng-Gureng at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (see the info box for additional links)
External links
- Bibliography of Gureng Gureng people and language resources, at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies