Y152: Gambilbarra Jirrbal

AIATSIS code: 
Y152
AIATSIS reference name: 
Gambilbarra Jirrbal

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Name
Thesaurus heading language
Gambilbarra Jirrbal language Y152
Thesaurus heading people
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Tindale (1974)
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Other sources
Gambilbarra Jirrbal [Dixon 1982:47]
Synonyms
Gambilbarra Dyirrbal , Tablelands Jirrbal
Comment
Comments: 
Listed separately as a dialect of Dyirbal Y123 by Dixon (1982, 1996) but not by Dixon (2002). Documentation on Dyirbal Y123 may be relevant.
References: 
  • Dixon, R. M. W. 1972. The Dyirbal language of north Queensland. London: Cambridge University Press.
  • Dixon, R. M. W. 1982. Problems in Dyirbal dialectology. In Language form and linguistic variation: papers dedicated to Angus McIntosh, ed. John M. Anderson, 43-73. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
  • Dixon, R. M. W. & Koch, Grace. 1996. Dyirbal song poetry. St Lucia: University of Queensland Press.
  • Dixon, R. M. W. 2002. Australian languages: their nature and development: Cambridge Language Surveys. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Dixon, R. M. W. 2008. Language Contact in the Cairns Rainforest Region. Anthropological Linguistics , Vol. 50, No. 3/4 (Fall - Winter, 2008) , pp. 223-248
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Location
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QLD
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Speakers
Year Source Speaker numbers
1975Oates-
1984Senate-
1990Schmidt-
1996Census-
2001Census-
2004NILS1-
2005Estimate-
2006Census-
2011Census-
2014NILS2
2016Census-
2018-2019NILS3

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).

Documentation
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Audio-visual None 0
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Classification
Source Family Group Sub-group Name Relationship
Ethnologue (2005)
Dixon (2002)
Wurm (1994)
Walsh (1981) Pama-Nyungan Dyirbalic Gambilbarra Dyirrbal Dyirbal [dialects: Ngadyan, Waribarra Mamu, Dulgubarra Mamu, Dyirribarra Mamu, Dyiru, Gulngay, Girramay, Gambilbarra Dyirrbal, Gambilbarra Dyirrbal, Dyabunbarra Dyirrbal, Walmalbarra]
Oates (1975)
Wurm (1972)
O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin (1966)