Djabugay language

Djabugay (or Djabuganjdji; see below for other names) is an endangered Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Djabugay

Djabugay
RegionQueensland, Australia
EthnicityDjabugay, Buluwai, Yirrganydji (Irukandji)
Native speakers
28 (2006 census)[1]
Dialects
  • Djabugay
  • Yirrgay (Irrukandji)
  • Bulway
  • Guluy
  • Njagali (Nyagali)[2]
Language codes
ISO 639-3dyy
Glottologdyaa1242
AIATSIS[1]Y106
ELPDjabugay[3]

Classification

Though sometimes placed in a separate Yidinyic branch of Pama–Nyungan, Bowern (2011) retains Djabugay in its traditional place within the Paman languages.[4]

Names

Names for this language and/or some of its dialects include:

  • Djabugay, Djabugai, Dyaabugay, Dyabugay, Tjapukai
  • Tjabakai-Thandji, Tjabogaijanji; Djabungandji, Tjapunkandji
  • Tjunbundji; Koko-Tjumbundji
  • Tjankun
  • Tjankir
  • Kokonyungalo, Kikonjunkulu
  • Bulum-Bulum
  • Check-Cull
  • Chewlie
  • Hileman
  • Kodgotto
  • Ngarlkadjie
  • Orlow

Phonology

Djabugay consonant inventory [5]

Bilabial Apico-alveolar Retroflex Lamino-palatal Dorso-velar
Stop b d ɟ g
Nasals m n ɲ ŋ
Lateral l
Rhotics r ɻ
Semivowels (w) j w

Djabugay vowel inventory [5]

Front Back
High i iː u uː
Low a aː

Vocabulary

Some words from the Djabugay language, as spelt and written by Djabugay authors include:[6]

  • Bulurru: elsewhere known as Dreaming, the source of life.
  • Gurrabana: where people and everything in Djabugay society and life is divided between wet and dry, this is the wet season side.
  • Gurraminya: where people and everything in Djabugay society and life is divided between wet and dry, this is the dry season side.

See also

References
  1. Y106 Djabugay 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. xxxii.
  3. Endangered Languages Project data for Djabugay.
  4. Bowern, Claire. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?", Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web, December 23, 2011 (corrected February 6, 2012)
  5. Patz, Elisabeth. “Djabugay.” In Handbook of Australian Languages, edited by R. M. W. Dixon and Barry J. Blake, 4:245–347. Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1991.
  6. Duffin, Rhonda & Brim, Rosetta (1993?) Ngapi Garrang Bulurru-m: All Things Come from Bulurru. Kuranda, Queensland. ISBN 0-646-09380-0.


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