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Darumbal language

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Darumbal
Guwinmal
RegionQueensland
EthnicityDarumbal
Extinct(date missing)
Dialects
  • Kuinmabara (Guwinmal)
  • Karunbara
  • Rakiwara
  • Wapabara
Language codes
ISO 639-3xgm
Glottologdhar1248
AIATSIS[1]E46
ELPDharumbal

Darumbal (Dharambal) is an extinct language of Queensland in Australia. It was spoken in the Rockhampton area of Queensland. Dialects were Kuinmabara (Guwinmal), Karunbara, Rakiwara, Wapabara. It is classified with Bayali as a Kingkel language, but the two are not close.[2]

References

  1. ^ E46 Darumbal at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  2. ^ Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge University Press. p. xxxiv.