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Djabwurrung language

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Djab Wurrung
Tjapwurrung
Chaap Wuurong
Native toAustralia
RegionVictoria
EthnicityDjab Wurrung
Native speakers
17 (2011)[1]
Dialects
  • Pirtpirtwurrung
  • Knenknenwurrung
  • Djabwurrung
Language codes
ISO 639-3tjw
Glottologdjab1234
AIATSIS[1]S26 Djab Wurrung, S86 Pirtpirtwurrung
ELPDjabwurrung

Djab Wurrung (Djabwurrung, Tjapwurrung, Chaap Wuurong, Djaara, Jaara) is the extinct[citation needed] Aboriginal Australian language of the Djab Wurrung people of central Victoria.

References

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  1. ^ a b S26 Djab Wurrung at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies  (see the info box for additional links)