Djabugay language

Djabugay
RegionQueensland, Australia
EthnicityDjabugay, Buluwai, Yirrganydji (Irukandji)
Native speakers
81 (2021 census)[1]
Dialects
  • Djabugay
  • Yirrgay (Irrukandji)
  • Bulway
  • Guluy
  • Njagali (Nyagali)[2]
Language codes
ISO 639-3dyy
Glottologdyaa1242
AIATSIS[3]Y106
ELPDjabugay
Djabugay is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Djabugay (or Djabuganjdji; see below for other names) is an endangered Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Djabugay people with 46 native speakers at the 2016 census.[3][2] The Djabugay language region includes Far North Queensland, particularly around the Kuranda Range and Barron River catchment, and the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Cairns Regional Council.[4]

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021). "Cultural diversity: Census". Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  2. ^ a b Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge University Press. p. xxxii.
  3. ^ a b Y106 Djabugay at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  4. ^ This Wikipedia article incorporates text from Djabugay published by the State Library of Queensland under CC BY licence, accessed on 16 May 2022.