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Djiru Languagee
Djiru may refer to: * Djiru people The Djiru, otherwise spelt Jirru, Are an Aboriginal Australian people whose traditional lands are along the coasts of Northern Queensland, mainly the area around Mission Beach. Language Djiru is a dialect of the Dyirbal language Country The Dj ..., an ethnic group of Australia * Djiru language, a dialect of the Dyirbal language of Australia * Djiru, Queensland, a locality in Australia See also * Jiru (other) {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Djiru People
The Djiru, otherwise spelt Jirru, Are an Aboriginal Australian people whose traditional lands are along the coasts of Northern Queensland, mainly the area around Mission Beach. Language Djiru is a dialect of the Dyirbal language Country The Djiru, a rain-forest people, occupy a large part of the coastal area now called Cassowary Coast. Norman Tindale estimate their lands as covering some around Clump Point and as far north as Murdering Point. Their southern extension runs to the mouth of the Tully River. Social organisation Two names noted down in a list of Queensland tribes compiled by William Parry-Okeden arguably refer, not to distinct tribes, but to Djiru hordes:- * ''Boolboora'' * ''Warryboora'' History The first dispute with settlers occurred in 1872 when the survivors of the ship "Maria" that was shipwrecked near Johnstone River on the coast. Sub-Inspector Robert Johnstone led a search party to look for survivors and to punish the Mamu who had abused them. Commandi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Djiru Language
Dyirbal (also ''Djirubal'') is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken in northeast Queensland by the Dyirbal people. In 2016, the Australian Bureau of Statistics reported that there were 8 speakers of the language. It is a member of the small Dyirbalic branch of the Pama–Nyungan family. It possesses many outstanding features that have made it well known among linguists. In the years since the Dyirbal grammar by Robert Dixon was published in 1972, Dyirbal has steadily moved closer to extinction as younger community members have failed to learn it. Dialects There are many different groups speaking dialects of Dyirbal language. Researcher Robert Dixon estimates that Dyirbal had, at its peak, 10 dialects. Dialects include: * Dyirbal (or Jirrbal) spoken by the Dyirbalŋan * Mamu, spoken by the Waɽibara, Dulgubara, Bagiɽgabara, Dyiɽibara, and Mandubara (There are also different types of Mamu spoken by individual groups, such as Warribara Mamu, and Dulgubara Mamu) * Gir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Djiru, Queensland
Djiru is a coastal locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Djiru had a population of 0 people. Geography The locality is home to the Djiru National Park, a preservation area for the lowland rainforest in the Wet Tropics The Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Site consists of approximately 8,940 km2 of Australian wet tropical forests growing along the north-east Queensland portion of the Great Dividing Range. The Wet Tropics of Queensland meets all f ... that has been vanishing since the European colonisation. References Cassowary Coast Region Coastline of Queensland Localities in Queensland {{Queensland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |