Darumbal language
Appearance
Darumbal | |
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Guwinmal | |
Region | Queensland |
Ethnicity | Darumbal |
Extinct | (date missing) |
Dialects |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | xgm |
Glottolog | dhar1248 |
AIATSIS[1] | E46 |
ELP | Dharumbal |
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]
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Map of traditional lands of Aboriginal people around Mackay, Rockhampton and Gladstone, Queensland.
References
- ^ E46 Darumbal at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ^ Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge University Press. p. xxxiv.
External links
- Bibliography of Darumbal people and language resources, at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies