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Dharumbal

Dharumbal was a Pama-Nyungan language once spoken in Australia.

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Dharumbal · 23.3°S 150.6°E

Darumbal, also spelt Dharambal, is an Australian Aboriginal language of Queensland in Australia declared extinct. It was spoken in the Rockhampton area of Queensland, as well as on the Capricorn Coast, and Yeppoon islands. Dialects were Guwinmal, Karunbara, Rakiwara It is classified with Bayali as a Kingkel language, but the two are not close, with a low 21% shared vocabulary. Indeed, Angela Terrill states that "there is no evidence on which to base a claim of a low-level genetic group including Dharumbal with any other language".

From Wikipedia · Darumbal language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Dharumbal

MeaningWordRomanization
namedalbur*
eyemil*
earbina*
nosewuru*
toothira*
tonguedalaN*
handbaNan*
bloodgawun*
boneilu*
skinnuman*
kneewaka*
breastmam*
livergipa*
waterali*
firebuli*
sunarhi*
staranbil*
stonebari*
mountainwandu*
treedula*
nightbandaman*
dogmiri*
fishrurun*
onewarba*
twobulagul*
INata*
youNinda*
weNanaduru*
drinkda*
seena*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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