Durubalic is a small family of extinct
Australian Aboriginal languages
The Indigenous languages of Australia number in the hundreds, the precise number being quite uncertain, although there is a range of estimates from a minimum of around 250 (using the technical definition of 'language' as non-mutually intellig ...
of
Queensland
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Bowern (2011) lists five Durubalic languages:
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Turrubal (Turubul) and
Yagara (Jagara)
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Jandai (Janday)
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Nunukul
The Nunukul, also spelt Noonuccal and known also as Moondjan are an Aboriginal Australian people, one of three Quandamooka peoples, who traditionally lived on Minjerribah, in Moreton Bay Area and in mainland Brisbane regions.
Language
The Nunu ...
(Nunungal, Moonjan)
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Gowar (Guwar)
Dixon (2002) considers all but Guwar to be different dialects of the Yagara language.
Tony Jefferies (2011) links Gowar to the
Bandjalangic languages rather than to Durubalic.
Pimpama
Pimpama is a northern suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the , Pimpama had a population of 9,396 people. The name is of Aboriginal origin. The suburb contains numerous schools with the first opening in the 1870s.
A s ...
seems to be related to Gowar, whether they are in turn related Durubalic or to the Bandjalangic languages.
Footnotes
References
*Dixon, R.M.W. 2002. ''Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development.'' Cambridge University Press.
*Bowern, Claire. 2011.
How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?'
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