Region Queensland ISO 639-3 gnr | Extinct (recent) Glottolog gure1255 | |
Language family Pama–Nyungan
Waka–Kabic
Than
Gureng Gureng Dialects Gureng-Gureng
Guweng-Guweng | ||
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.