Mbara-Yanga language
| Mbara | |
|---|---|
| Midjamba | |
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Queensland |
| Ethnicity | Mitjamba (Mbara), Yangga |
| Extinct | (date missing)[1] |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mvl |
| Glottolog | mbar1254 |
| AIATSIS[2] | G21 Mbara/Midjamba, E52 Yangga |
Mbara, or Midjamba, is an extinct aboriginal language of Queensland. The Mbara people were traditionally the neighbours of the Yanga, Gugu-Badhun, Yirandali, Wunumara and Ngawun peoples.[3]
Yanga was mutually intelligible, but has also been classified as a dialect of Biri.[4][2]
Speakers of Mbara and related dialects were affected by the gold and cattle rushes during the second half of the nineteenth century.[3]
References
- ^ Mbara at Ethnologue (15th ed., 2005)
- ^ a b G21 Mbara/Midjamba at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (see the info box for additional links)
- ^ a b "Mbara". connection.ebscohost.com. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ RMW Dixon (2002), Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development, p xxxii
