Gubbi Gubbi language
Gabi | |
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Kabikabi | |
Gubbi Gubbi | |
Region | Queensland |
Ethnicity | Kabi people |
Native speakers | 24 of the Batyala dialect (2016 census)[1] |
Pama–Nyungan
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Dialects |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Either:gbw – Gabi-Gabixby – Batyala |
Glottolog | kabi1260 |
AIATSIS[2] | E29 Gubbi Gubbi, E30 Butchulla |
ELP | Gubbi Gubbi |
Gabi-Gabi (Gubbi-Gubbi) is an language of Queensland in Australia, formerly spoken on Fraser Island. For example, "Wunya ngulum" means "Welcome, everyone" in the Gabi-Gabi.[3] The main dialect, Gabi-Gabi, is extinct, but there are still 24 people with knowledge of the Batyala dialect.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Census 2016, Language spoken at home by Sex (SA2+)". stat.data.abs.gov.au. ABS. Retrieved 2017-10-30.
- ^ E29 Gubbi Gubbi at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (see the info box for additional links)
- ^ "Say G'day in an Indigenous Language". slq.qld.gov.au/. State Library of Queensland. 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
External links
- Bibliography of Gabi Gabi people and language resources, at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies