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Wapabara
The Wapabara, also known as Woppaburra, are an Aboriginal Australians, Aboriginal Australian people whose traditional lands are on Great Keppel Island, Greater and South Keppel islands. They are known in their speech as ''Ganumi Bara.'' They are often considered to be a branch of the Darumbal. https://m.imdb.com/title/tt14228894/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk Language Though often thought to have spoken the Darumbal language, an early settler of the island, Robert Ross, stated that their language was unintelligible to the mainland Aboriginal people. According to an early sojourner, C. T. Wyndham, the language spoken was divided into two distinct dialects, northern and southern. This was disputed by another white informant who said that mainland Aboriginal people in that area could understand the Woppaburra language. https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/awaye/features/word-up/word-up/9379804 Ecology and Lifestyle The Woppaburra were described by white settlers as small in stature, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darumbal Language
Darumbal, also spelt Dharambal, is an Aboriginal Australian language of Queensland in Australia declared extinct. It was spoken in the Rockhampton area of Queensland. Dialects were Guwinmal, Karunbara, Rakiwara, and Wapabura. It is classified with Bayali as a Kingkel language, but the two are not close, with a low 21% shared vocabulary. Indeed, Angela Terrill states that "there is no evidence on which to base a claim of a low-level genetic group including Dharumbal with any other language". Name Spelling and Pronunciation There is some variation in the naming of the language community. Walter Roth spells ''Ta-rum-bal'' and ''Taroombal'' while Norman Tindale records ''Dharumbal'' and cites the alternatives ''Tarumbul'', ''Tarambol'', ''Tarmbal'' and ''Charumbul''. Nils Holmer, who undertook the first modern field study of the language uses Darumbal, as does thDarumbal-Noolar Murree Aboriginal Corporation for Land and Culture However, Holmer also uses ⟨D⟩ to indicate an in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
