Bayali language

Bayali (also spelt Biyali, Baiali, Byelle, Byellee, and also known as Orambul or Urambal) was an extinct language of Queensland in Australia, spoken in the Rockhampton area, but a project is under way to revive the language.

For the place in Queensland, see Byellee, Queensland.
For the dialect of Biri also known as Bayali, see Yetimarla language.
Bayali
RegionQueensland
Extinct(date missing)
Language codes
ISO 639-3bjy (includes unrelated Darambal)
Glottologbaya1257
AIATSIS[1]E42

It has been classified together with Darumbal as a Kingkel language, but the two are not close, and Bowern (2011) reclassified Darumbal as a Maric language.

Map of traditional lands of Aboriginal people around Mackay, Rockhampton and Gladstone Queensland.

Language revival

Since 2017, the Central Queensland Language Centre has been working on helping to restore three languages from the region – Yiiman, Byelle and Taribelang (also known as Gureng Gureng).[2] As of 2020, Bayali (spelt Bayelle) is one of 20 languages prioritised as part of the Priority Languages Support Project, being undertaken by First Languages Australia and funded by the Department of Communications and the Arts. The project aims to "identify and document critically-endangered languages — those languages for which little or no documentation exists, where no recordings have previously been made, but where there are living speakers".[3]

References
  1. E42 Bayali at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  2. Wang, Amy Chien-Yu; Apostolou, Panos (2 July 2017). "Indigenous languages at risk". SBS Greek. Special Broadcasting Service. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  3. "Priority Languages Support Project". First Languages Australia. Retrieved 13 January 2020.


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