Yugambeh language
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Yugambeh is an Australian aboriginal language
spoken by the Yugambeh Bundjalung people
living on the South-East Queensland coast between the Logan River
and the Tweed River (including South Stradbroke Island
).
Yugambeh is one of some dozen or two dozen dialects of the Bandjalang language
. Among the differences in Yugambeh is that yugambeh (or yugam) is the word for no. The Yugambeh people use this to identify their language (those who say yugambeh for no).
There were no Yugambeh People, a linguists attempt to describe a Language chain based on the word for No or Nothing has been misconstrued to describe a People that never existed.
The Badjal-Lang dialect chain is the Yugambeh dialect chain.
Yugambeh was the word for No, None or Nothing from the Logan River to the Clarence.
Australian Aboriginal languages
The Australian Aboriginal languages comprise several language families and isolates native to the Australian Aborigines of Australia and a few nearby islands, but by convention excluding the languages of Tasmania and the Torres Strait Islanders...
spoken by the Yugambeh Bundjalung people
Bundjalung people
The Bundjalung people are those Australian Aborigines who are the original custodians of northern coastal areas of New South Wales , 554 km northeast of Sydney: an area that includes the Bundjalung National Park and Mount Warning Bundjalung people...
living on the South-East Queensland coast between the Logan River
Logan River
The Logan River is a river in South East Queensland. The catchment is dominated by urban and agricultural land use. Near the river mouth are mangrove forests and a number of aquaculture farms.-History:...
and the Tweed River (including South Stradbroke Island
South Stradbroke Island
South Stradbroke Island is an Australian island in the state of Queensland, south of Brisbane and forms the northern end of Gold Coast. The 21 km by 2.5 km sized island is the smaller one of the two Stradbroke Islands and lies very close to the mainland. The island has hundreds of wild...
).
Yugambeh is one of some dozen or two dozen dialects of the Bandjalang language
Bandjalang language
Bundjalung is an Australian Indigenous language of New South Wales.Bundjalung consists of a number of dialects, including Yugumbir, Nganduwal, Minjangbal, Njangbal, Biriin, Baryulgil, Waalubal, Dinggabal, Wiyabal, Gidabal, Galibal, and Wudjeebal.-Vowels:...
. Among the differences in Yugambeh is that yugambeh (or yugam) is the word for no. The Yugambeh people use this to identify their language (those who say yugambeh for no).
There were no Yugambeh People, a linguists attempt to describe a Language chain based on the word for No or Nothing has been misconstrued to describe a People that never existed.
The Badjal-Lang dialect chain is the Yugambeh dialect chain.
Yugambeh was the word for No, None or Nothing from the Logan River to the Clarence.
Names
Yugambeh may also be referred to as:- Yugambal, Yugumbal, Yugambir, Yugabeh
- Yubumbee
- Jugumbir, Jukamba
- Manaldjali (probably from Mununjali, the name of a family group speaking Yugambeh)
- Minjanbal (probably from Minjungbal, the name of a family group speaking Yugambeh)
Further reading
- Dictionary of Yugambeh Including Neighbouring Dialects, compiled by Margaret Sharpe, Pacific Linguistics: Australian National UniversityAustralian National UniversityThe Australian National University is a teaching and research university located in the Australian capital, Canberra.As of 2009, the ANU employs 3,945 administrative staff who teach approximately 10,000 undergraduates, and 7,500 postgraduate students...
, 1998.
External links
- Ethnologue report for language code:yub
- Borobi and his friends Virtual book read in Yugambeh language by Axel Best. From the State Library of Queensland virtual book collection.
- Linguist List (2005) Synopsis of Grammar and Texts of the Yugambeh-Bundjalung Dialect Chain in Eastern Australia Accessed 20 May 2008