- Yugambeh language
Infobox Language
name=Yugambeh
region=Queensland ,Australia
speakers=?
iso2=aus
iso3=yub
familycolor=Australian
fam1=Pama-Nyungan
script=Latin alphabet Yugambeh (many other names; see below) is an Australian aboriginal language spoken by the Yugambeh
Bundjalung people living on theSouth-East Queensland coast between theLogan River and the Tweed River (includingSouth Stradbroke Island ). [ [http://www.yugambeh.com/ 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, NgarrbalReferences
Further reading
* "Dictionary of Yugambeh Including Neighbouring Dialects", compiled by Margaret Sharpe, Pacific Linguistics:
Australian National University , 1998.External links
* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=yub Ethnologue report for language code:yub]
* [http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/find/virtualbooks/aboriginal_and_torres_strait_islanders_books/borobi_and_his_friends Borobi and his friends] Virtual book read in Yugambeh language by Axel Best. From the State Library of Queensland virtual book collection.* [http://linguistlist.org/issues/16/16-2752.html Linguist List (2005) Synopsis of "Grammar and Texts of the Yugambeh-Bundjalung Dialect Chain in Eastern Australia] Accessed 20 May 2008
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