Sharpe coined the name Yugambeh - Bundjalung as a cover term for a group of dialects from north-east New South Wales and south-east Queensland (2005) and produced a dictionary (on CDROM) of Yugambeh - Bundjalung in 2013.
Sharpe indicates the name Wehlubal is derived from 'those who say wehlu "you, singular ergative" (Baryulgil area)' ... ' (2001:7).
Crowley does not use the term Wehlubal, he refers to this language variety as the Baryugil E71 after the place name (1978 in Wafer & Lissarrague, 2008: 357).
Wehlubal is also known by the names 'Wiribi' or 'Bundjalung' and is from 'around Baryulgil on the middle Clarence' (Crowley and Sharpe, 1996:23).
See also: Bundjalung E12; Birihn E72; Casino language E73; Ngarabal E92; Dinggabal E16.1; Galibal E15; Geynyan D36; Gidhabal E14; Mananjahli E76; Minyangbal E18; Nerang Creek language E77; Nganduwal E78; Ngarahgwal E79; Nyangbal E75; Wahlubal E16.2; Wiyabal E16; Wudjebal E96 and Yugambeh E17.
Documentation for Bundjalung E12 may be relevant.
Wafer, Jim, and Amanda Lissarrague. 2008. A handbook of Aboriginal languages of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. Nambucca Heads: Muurrbay Aboriginal Language and Culture Co-operative.
... at Baryulgil (Sharpe 2005:2).
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Speaker numbers were measured differently across the censuses and various other sources listed in AUSTLANG. You are encouraged to refer to the sources.
Speaker numbers for ‘NILS 2004’ and ‘2005 estimate’ come from 'Table F.3: Numbers of speakers of Australian Indigenous languages (various surveys)' in 'Appendix F NILS endangerment and absolute number results' in McConvell, Marmion and McNicol 2005, pages 198-230 (PDF, 2.5MB).
