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Turrbal language

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Region
  
Australia

Extinct
  
(date missing)

Ethnicity
  
Turrubal

ISO 639-3
  
yxg

Language family
  
Pama–Nyungan Durubalic Turrubal

Dialects
  
Yagara Turubul (Jandai) (Nukunul/Moonjan)

Turrubal (Turubul), also known as Yagara (Jagara), is an extinct language of Australia.

Other spellings of Turrubal are Turrbul, Turrabul, Toorbal, Tarabul; other names of Yagara are Ugarapul, Yuggarabul, Yuggera, Yuggarapul, Yackarabul; a third name is Jinibara.

The four dialects listed in Dixon (2002) are sometimes seen as separate Durubalic languages, especially Jandai and Nukunul; Yagara and Turubul proper are more likely to be considered dialects.

References

Turrbal language Wikipedia


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