 | This articleshould specify the language of its non-English content using{{lang}} or{{langx}},{{transliteration}} for transliterated languages, and{{IPA}} for phonetic transcriptions, with an appropriateISO 639 code. Wikipedia'smultilingual support templates may also be used - notably bjy for Bayali.See why.(October 2024) |
| Bayali | |
|---|---|
| Orambul | |
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Queensland |
| Extinct | (date missing) |
| Revival | 2017 |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bjy |
| Glottolog | baya1257 |
| AIATSIS[1] | E42 |
 Traditional lands of Aboriginal people around Mackay, Rockhampton and Gladstone Queensland, Bayali in green. | |
Bayali (also speltBiyali,Baiali,Byelle,Byellee, and also known asOrambul orUrambal) was anAustralian Aboriginal language ofQueensland inAustralia, spoken in theRockhampton andGladstone areas, but a project is under way torevive the language.
Bayali belongs to thePama–Nyungan language family.[2] It has been classified together withDarumbal as aKingkel language,[3]: xxxiv but the two are not close, and Bowern (2011)[4] reclassified Darumbal as aMaric language.
Since 2017, the Central Queensland Language Centre has been working on helping to restore three languages from the region –Yiiman, Byelle andTaribelang (also known as Gureng Gureng).[5] As of 2020[update], Bayali (spelt Bayelle) is one of 20 languages prioritised as part of the Priority Languages Support Project, being undertaken by First Languages Australia and funded by theDepartment of Communications and the Arts. The project aims to "identify and document critically-endangered languages — those languages for which little or no documentation exists, where no recordings have previously been made, but where there are living speakers".[6]
Some words from the Bayali language, as spelt and written by Bayali authors include:[7]
This Wikipedia article incorporates text fromBayali published by theState Library of Queensland underCC BYlicence, accessed on 3 June 2022. | ThisAustralian Aboriginal languages-related article is astub. You can help Wikipedia byexpanding it. |