Kalali | |
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Garlali Bulloo River | |
Native to | Australia |
Region | Bulloo River, Queensland |
Ethnicity | Kalali |
Extinct | 1980s[1] |
Revival | 2020s |
Pama–Nyungan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | gll |
Glottolog | kala1380 |
AIATSIS[1] | D30 Kullilli, L25 Wangkumara (Curr's Wongkomarra), L43 Bidjara, L57 Minkabari |
ELP | Garlali |
Kalali, also written Kullili, Galali, Garlali, Kullilla and other variants, is a poorly attested Australian Aboriginal language, of Queensland, Australia.
It is one of several geographically transitional "Karna–Mari fringe" languages that have not been convincingly classified, and is best considered an isolate branch within the Pama–Nyungan family.[1] Gavan Breen provisionally includes Minkabari and the Ngura dialect Pitjara/Bidjara/Bitharra, which together have been called the Bulloo River language.[2] Breen is partly responsible for the variation in the spelling of the name 'Kalali'. The forms Garlali and Galarli are due to what he now considers a non-distinctive instance of retroflex rl, and he prefers the spelling Kalali.