Endangered Languages Project

Note on Australian languages with no known speakers: For some languages, we haven't been able to confirm speaker numbers. In other cases, there isn't anyone who has grown up speaking the language, but there are still people who identify with the language, and who are working to revitalize their languages. We've chosen to include these languages in the Catalogue for this reason.

ALSO KNOWN AS		Biria, Birri Gubba, Birigaba, Biriaba, Breeaba, Perembba, Perenbba, Wirri, Wiriwiri, Wierdi, Widi, Juipera, Garingbal
CLASSIFICATION		Pama-Nyungan, Maric
LANGUAGE CODE		bzr, xgi
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Yambina Yetimarala Biri Yilba Barada Garingbal Wiri Gangulu Yangga
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Information from: “Birri-Gubba Wadja Bimbi Aboriginal Corporation” . Our Languages

Awakening
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"The Juru-Gnaro-Gia tribes of the coastal people between Ayr and Whitsunday and Proserpine speak The Birri-Gubba Language. Inland tribal groups of Biria and Janga & Wiri also speak Birri-Gubba Language with a slightly different dialect in some words, but communicate quite effectively. Our Language has been slowly introduced into schools, churches and youth groups and wider community. We have produced a set of Animal Language card games. We are now working on a dictionary book and also a storybook in Language and English."

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"There are unlikely to be any current speakers of the language."

PLACES: Australia

PLACES: Australia

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: "From between Lakes Monger and Moora north to Billybillong; west to Mullewa and Morawa; east to about Mount Magnet; at Yalgoo, upper Greenough River and Cheangwa."

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"No known L1 speakers."

PLACES: Australia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Queensland southeast of Charters Towers."

	2011	How many languages were spoken in Australia?	Also includes subsequent additions by CB directly into ElCat				http://anggarrgoon.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/austlangs-masterlanguagelist-dec2011.xlsx	Claire Bowern	Claire Bowern. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?" Online: http://anggarrgoon.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/austlangs-masterlanguagelist-dec2011.xlsx.		0		"There are unlikely to be any current speakers of the language."	Dormant ()		Australia		-20.80771847, 146.5993475
18th	2015	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 18th Edition		Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig	SIL International	Dallas, Texas	http://www.ethnologue.com		Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2015. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Eighteenth edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.		0		"No known L1 speakers."	Dormant ()		Australia	"Queensland southeast of Charters Towers."
	1996	Handbook of Western Australian Aboriginal Languages South of the Kimberley Region			Pacific Linguistics, Australian National University		http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVLPages/AborigPages/LANG/WA/contents.htm	Nicholas Thieberger	Thieberger, Nicholas. 1996. Handbook of Western Australian Aboriginal Languages South of the Kimberley Region. http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVLPages/AborigPages/LANG/WA/contents.htm. (12 August, 2011.)	ll_pub					"From between Lakes Monger and Moora north to Billybillong; west to Mullewa and Morawa; east to about Mount Magnet; at Yalgoo, upper Greenough River and Cheangwa."	Australia		-28.478349,115.462875
		Birri-Gubba Wadja Bimbi Aboriginal Corporation			Our Languages	Oonoonba	http://www.ourlanguages.net.au/contacts-directory/item/birri-gubba-wadja-bimbi-aboriginal-corporation.html					Awakening	"The Juru-Gnaro-Gia tribes of the coastal people between Ayr and Whitsunday and Proserpine speak The Birri-Gubba Language. Inland tribal groups of Biria and Janga & Wiri also speak Birri-Gubba Language with a slightly different dialect in some words, but communicate quite effectively. Our Language has been slowly introduced into schools, churches and youth groups and wider community. We have produced a set of Animal Language card games. We are now working on a dictionary book and also a storybook in Language and English."	Awakening ()

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