Kabikabi
Kabikabi was a Pama-Nyungan language once spoken in Australia.
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Gubbi Gubbi, also spelt Kabi Kabi, is a language of Queensland in Australia, formerly spoken by the Kabi Kabi people of South-east Queensland. The main dialect, Gubbi Gubbi, is extinct, but there are still 24 people with knowledge of the Butchulla dialect (also spelt Batjala, Batyala, Badjala, and variants), a language spoken by the Butchulla people of K'gari (Fraser Island).
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Words in Kabikabi
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | banda* | |
| eye | mi* | |
| ear | binaN* | |
| nose | muru* | |
| tooth | dieN* | |
| tongue | dunam* | |
| hand | biri* | |
| blood | gaggi* | |
| bone | Nuyin* | |
| skin | gubar* | |
| knee | burru* | |
| breast | NamuN* | |
| liver | gunaN* | |
| water | guN* | |
| fire | gira* | |
| sun | dirum* | |
| star | diray* | |
| stone | daggi* | |
| mountain | wayir* | |
| tree | dunda* | |
| leaf | wuru* | |
| night | wu5da* | |
| dog | wadda* | |
| fish | gurul* | |
| louse | dulum* | |
| one | garulim* | |
| two | bula* | |
| I | Nin* | |
| you | 5in* | |
| we | Nali* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- Gureng GurengPama-Nyungan30% alike
- WakawakaPama-Nyungan29% alike
- WuliwuliPama-Nyungan22% alike
- WiradhuriPama-Nyungan22% alike
- Yuwaalaraay-GamilaraayPama-Nyungan21% alike
- DharumbalPama-Nyungan19% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Glottolog · kabi1260 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · gbw