The Dyirbalic languages are a group of languages forming a branch of the
Pama–Nyungan family. They are:
*Dyirbalic proper:
Dyirbal,
Warrgamay
The Warrgamay people, also spelt Warakamai, are an Aboriginal Australian people of the state of Queensland.
Language
Their language, Warrgamay, is now extinct. It was a variety of Dyirbalic, and appears to be composed of three distinct dialec ...
*Nyawaygic:
Wulguru,
Nyawaygi
The Nyawigi people, also spelt Nyawaygi, Nywaigi, or Nawagi, are an Aboriginal Australian people whose original country was around Halifax Bay in Far North Queensland.
They may also have inhabited Orpheus Island.
Language
An early record sugges ...
At least one of the
Lower Burdekin languages
The Lower Burdekin languages were probably three distinct Australian Aboriginal languages spoken around the mouth of the Burdekin River in north Queensland
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Yuru, may belong to the Nyawaygic branch.
[Bowern, Claire. 2011.]
How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?
, ''Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web'', December 23, 2011
corrected
February 6, 2012)
References
External links
Bibliography of Dyirbalic people and languages resources at the
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