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.
Crowley refers to Waalubal (E16.2) as the Tabulam - Drake dialect; the name was recorded by the Geytenbeeks; Crowley's collaborator recognised the name (1978:155). Crowley does not use the term Wehlubal E80, he refers to this language variety as the Baryugil after the place name (1978 in Wafer & Lissarrague, 2008: 357).
Sharpe says the name is derived from 'those who say wahlu "you, singular ergative" (Tabulam area)' ... ' (2001:7).
See also other dialects in the Bundjalung - Yugembeh dialect chain: 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; Wehlubal E80; Wiyabal E16; Wudjebal E96 and Yugambeh E17.
Documentation for Bundjalung E12 and / or Yugambeh E17 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.
... around Tabulam (Sharpe 2005:9).
... in the country of the lower Rocky River (or Timbarra River) and the adjacent stretch of the Clarence Valley around Pretty Gully and Tabulam, towards the coast as far as the Mallanganee Range (or Richmond Range) (Crowley, 1978:155).
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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).
Crowley, Terry. 1978. The middle Clarence dialects of Bandjalang. Canberra: AIAS.
