Biri language
| Biri | |
|---|---|
| Eastern Maric | |
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Queensland |
| Extinct | (date missing) |
|
Pama–Nyungan
| |
| Dialects |
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
Variously: bzr – Biri gnl – Gangulu xgi – Garingbal |
| Glottolog |
east2716[2] |
| AIATSIS[3] |
E56 Biri, E58 Giya, E65* Mandalgu |
Biri (Biria, Birigaba) is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language of Queensland. A grammar of Biri proper was written before the language became extinct.
Giya may have been a dialect.[3] Barna, spoken by the Aminungo in the midst of identified Biri dialects, may have been as well.
References
- ↑ RMW Dixon (2002), Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development, p xxxiii
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Eastern Maric". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- 1 2 Biri at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (see the info box for additional links)
External links
- Bibliography of Barada language and people resources, at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- Bibliography of Biri people and language resources, at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- Bibliography of Gangulu people and language resources, at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
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