Social:Djabugay language

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Short description: Endangered Australian Aboriginal language
Djabugay
RegionQueensland, Australia
EthnicityDjabugay, Buluwai, Yirrganydji (Irukandji)
Native speakers
81 (2021 census)[1]
Pama–Nyungan
  • Paman
    • Djabugay
Dialects
  • Djabugay
  • Yirrgay (Irrukandji)
  • Bulway
  • Guluy
Language codes
ISO 639-3dyy
Glottologdyaa1242[2]
AIATSIS[3]Y106
Lang Status 40-SE.svg
Djabugay is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Djabugay (or Djabuganjdji; see below for other names) is an endangered Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Djabugay people with 46 native speakers at the 2016 census.[3][4] The Djabugay language region includes Far North Queensland, particularly around the Kuranda Range and Barron River catchment, and the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Cairns Regional Council.[5]

Classification

Though sometimes placed in a separate Yidinyic branch of Pama–Nyungan, Bowern (2011) retains Djabugay in its traditional place within the Paman languages.[6]

Dialects

The following languages are confirmed dialects of Djabugay by the AUSTLANG database maintained by Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. Djabugay is used both as a language name and a dialect name.[3] Additional names for these languages and/or dialects have been listed after their names but terms do overlap and the lists are not exhaustive.

  • Y106: Djabugay / Tjapukai – Barron River dialect, Binggu, Bulum-Bulum, Buluwai, Check-Cull, Chewlie, Dja:bugay, Djabugai, Djabuganjdji, Djabungandji, Dyaabugay, Dyabugandyi, Dyabugay, Hileman, Irukandjai, Kikonjunkulu, Kodgotto, Koko-Tjumbundji, Koko njunkulu, Koko nyungalo, Koko Tjumbundji, Kokonjunkulu, Kokonyungalo, Ngarlkadjie, Njakali, Nyakali, Orlow, Tapelcay, Tcabogai tjanji, Tja:pukanja, Tjabakai-Thandji, Tjabogai tjandji, Tjabogai tjanji, Tjabogaijanji, Tjabogaitjandji, Tjankir, Tjankun, Tjapukandji, Tjapukanja, Tjapunkandji, Tjunbundji, Toabogai tjani, Tuffelcey[3][5][7]
  • Y110: Bulway – Buluwan dyi, Buluwandji, Buluwandyi, Bulwandji, Bulwandyi[8][9]
  • Y111: Yirrgay – Chumchum, Dingal, Djabungandji, Dungara, Dungarah, Illagona, Irakanji, Irukandji, Tingaree, Tingeree, Umbay, Walpoll, Wongulli, Yerkanji, Yettkie, Yirgandji, Yirgay, Yirkandji, Yirkanji[10][11]
  • Y160: Guluy – Dyaabugay[12]
  • Y162: Nyagali – Njagali[13]

Phonology

Consonants[14]

Labial Apico-
alveolar 		Retroflex Lamino-
palatal 		Dorso-
velar
Stop b d ɟ g
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Lateral l
Rhotic r ɻ
Semivowel w j

Vowels[14]

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:[5][15]

  • 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.
  • Djirri-nyurra: hello
  • Guyu: fish
  • Gan gula: kangaroo
  • Bulmba: home
  • Bana: rain
  • Wuru: river
  • Bungan: sun

See also

References

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021). "Cultural diversity: Census". https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/people-and-communities/cultural-diversity-census/2021/. 
  2. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds (2017). "Dyaabugay". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. http://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/dyaa1242. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Y106 Djabugay at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  4. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named :2
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Template:SLQ-CC-BY
  6. ↑ Bowern, Claire. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?", Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web, December 23, 2011 (corrected February 6, 2012)
  7. ↑ "Djabugay". https://www.endangeredlanguages.com/lang/4118. 
  8. ↑ "Y110 Bulway". Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. 26 July 2019. https://collection.aiatsis.gov.au/austlang/language/Y110. 
  9. ↑ Template:SLQ-CC-BY
  10. ↑ "Y111 Yirrgay". Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. 26 July 2019. https://collection.aiatsis.gov.au/austlang/language/Y111. 
  11. ↑ Template:SLQ-CC-BY
  12. ↑ "Y160 Guluy". Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. 26 July 2019. https://collection.aiatsis.gov.au/austlang/language/Y160. 
  13. ↑ "Y162 Nyagali". Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. 26 July 2019. https://collection.aiatsis.gov.au/austlang/language/Y162. 
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Patz, Elisabeth. “Djabugay.” In Handbook of Australian Languages Vol. 4, edited by R. M. W. Dixon and Barry J. Blake, 4:245–347. Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1991.
  15. ↑ 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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