Yugambeh language
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Yugambeh (many other names; see below) is an Australian aboriginal language spoken by the Yugambeh people living on the South-East Queensland coast between the Logan River and the Tweed River (including South Stradbroke Island).[Yugambeh Museum web site introduction] (web site by the Kombumerri Aboriginal Corporation for Culture)
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).Macquarie Aboriginal Words, Macquarie University, 1994, paperback ISBN 0-949757-79-9, chapter 1
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)
- Ngarrubul, Ngarrbal
References
Further reading
- Dictionary of Yugambeh Including Neighbouring Dialects, compiled by Margaret Sharpe, Pacific Linguistics: Australian National University, 1998.
External links
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