Djabugay language

Djabugay language
Djabugay
Spoken in Queensland, Australia
Native speakers unknown (3 cited 1981)
Language family
Pama–Nyungan
  • Yidinyic
    • Djabugay
Language codes
ISO 639-3 dyy

Djabugay (many other names; see below) is a nearly extinct Australian Aboriginal language once spoken by Djabugay people.

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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[1]:

  • 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. ^ 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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