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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Pacific > Australia > Dyirbal

Dyirbal

A language of Australia

ISO 639-3dbl

Population  40 (1983 R. Dixon).
Region  Northeast Queensland, Herberton south to Herbert River headwaters to Cashmere, at Ravenshoe, Millaa Millaa, and Woodleigh, east to Tully Falls.
Language map  Northern Australia
Alternate names   Djirubal
Dialects  Dyiru, Girramay (Keramai), Gulnguy (Gulngay), Mamu, Ngadjan (Ngatjan).
Classification  Australian, Pama-Nyungan, Dyirbalic
Language development  Dictionary. Grammar.
Comments  Nearly extinct.