Djabugay language

Djabugay
Djabugay
Region	Queensland, Australia
Ethnicity	Djabugay, Buluwai, Yirrganydji (Irukandji)
Native speakers	28 (2006 census)
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Paman Djabugay; ;
Dialects	Djabugay; Yirrgay (Irrukandji); Bulway; Guluy; Njagali (Nyagali);
Language codes
ISO 639-3	dyy
Glottolog	dyaa1242
AIATSIS	Y106
ELP	Djabugay

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

Classification[]

Though sometimes placed in a separate Yidinyic branch of Pama–Nyungan, Bowern (2011) retains Djabugay in its traditional place within the Paman languages.^[3]

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

	Bilabial	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	w

	Front	Back
High	i iː	u uː
Low	a aː

Some words from the Djabugay language, as spelt and written by Djabugay authors include:^[5]

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.

^ ^a ^b Y106 Djabugay at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
^ Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge University Press. p. xxxii.
^ Bowern, Claire. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?", Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web, December 23, 2011 (corrected February 6, 2012)
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ 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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