Giimbiyu language
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| Giimbiyu | |
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| Mangerr | |
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Northern Territory |
| Extinct | (perhaps a couple remaining in 1981)[1] |
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Arnhem Land?
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| Dialects |
Mangerr
Erri
Urningangga
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously: zme – Mangerr urc – Urningangg err – Erre |
| Glottolog | giim1238[2] |
| AIATSIS[3] | N220* |
Giimbiyu (purple), among other non-Pama-Nyungan languages (grey)
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Giimbiyu is an extinct Aboriginal Australian language isolate of northern Australia.
The name Giimbiyu is a Gaagudju word for 'of the stoney country'. It was introduced in Harvey (1992) as a cover term for the named dialects,[3]
- Mangerr (Mengerrdji)
- Urningangga (Wuningak) and Erri (Arri)
In 1997 Nicholas Evans proposed an Arnhem Land family that includes the Giimbiyu languages. However, they are not included in Bowern (2011).[4]
References
- ↑ Mangerr at Ethnologue (14th ed., 2000).
Urningangg at Ethnologue (14th ed., 2000).
Erre at Ethnologue (14th ed., 2000). - ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Giimbiyu at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ↑ Bowern, Claire. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?", Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web, December 23, 2011 (corrected February 6, 2012)
- McConvell, Patrick and Nicholas Evans. (eds.) 1997. Archaeology and Linguistics: Global Perspectives on Ancient Australia. Melbourne: Oxford University Press
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