Guugu Yalandji language

Guugu Yalandji
RegionQueensland
EthnicityKuku Yalanji, Yungkurara, Kuku Nyungkal, Kokobididji, Kokobujundji, Kokokulunggur, Kokowalandja, Wakara, Wakaman,[a] Djankun, Muluridji, ?Wulpura
Native speakers
388 (2021 census)[5]
Pama–Nyungan
Dialects
  • Kuku-Yalanji
  • Kuku-Njungkul
  • Kuku-Bididji
  • Kuku-Dungay
  • Kuku-Buyundji
  • Kuku-Kulunggur
  • Kuku-Yalaja (Kuku-Yelandji)
  • Koko-Walandja
  • (Kuku-)Wakura
  • (Kuku-)Wakaman
  • (Kuku-)Djangun
  • (Kuku-)Muluridji
  • Kuku-Jakandji[6]
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
gvn – Kuku-Yalanji
djf – Djangun
vmu – Muluridyi
Glottologyala1261
AIATSIS[7]Y78
ELPKuku-Yalanji
 Djangun[8]
 Muluridyi[9]

Guugu Yalandji, also spelt Kuku-Yalanji, is an Australian Aboriginal language of Queensland. It is the traditional language of the Kuku Yalanji people.

  1. ^ Y108 Wagaman at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  2. ^ Y132 Agwamin at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  3. ^ Y132.1 Wamin at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  4. ^ Y233 Wakaman at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  5. ^ "SBS Australian Census Explorer". Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  6. ^ Dixon, RMW (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. xxxii.
  7. ^ Y78 Guugu Yalandji at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  8. ^ Endangered Languages Project data for Djangun.
  9. ^ Endangered Languages Project data for Muluridyi.


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