Gabi-Gabi language

Gabi-Gabi, or Gubbi-Gubbi, is a language of Queensland in Australia, formerly spoken on Fraser Island. For example, "Wunya ngulum" means "Welcome, everyone" in Gabi-Gabi.[4] The main dialect, Gabi-Gabi, is extinct, but there are still 24 people with knowledge of the Batjala dialect (also spelt Batyala, Badjala, and variants),[1] a language spoken by the Butchulla people.

Gabi
Kabikabi
Gubbi Gubbi
RegionQueensland
EthnicityGubbi Gubbi (Kabi), Butchulla (incl. Ngulungbara)
Native speakers
24 of the Batjala dialect (2016 census)[1]
Dialects
  • Gabi-Gabi (Dippil)
  • Badjala (Batjala, Batyala, Butchulla)
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
gbw  Gabi-Gabi
xby  Batyala
Glottologkabi1260
AIATSIS[2]E29 Gubbi Gubbi, E30 Butchulla
ELPGubbi Gubbi[3]

References

  1. "Census 2016, Language spoken at home by Sex (SA2+)". stat.data.abs.gov.au. ABS. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  2. 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)
  3. Endangered Languages Project data for Gubbi Gubbi.
  4. "Say G'day in an Indigenous Language" (PDF). slq.qld.gov.au/. State Library of Queensland. 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2019.


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