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Djabugay language

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Region
  
Queensland, Australia

ISO 639-3
  
dyy

Native speakers
  
28 (2006 census)

Glottolog
  
dyaa1242

Language family
  
Pama–NyunganPamanDjabugay

Dialects
  
DjabugayYirrgayBulwayGuluyNjagali (Nyagali)

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

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Classification

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

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:

  • 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.

    • References

    Djabugay language Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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