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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 a language of Queensland in Australia declared extinct. 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.