| Dyaberdyaber | |
|---|---|
| Dyaberdyaber | |
| Region | Australia |
| Ethnicity | Djaberadjabera |
| Extinct | 1980s[1] |
Nyulnyulan
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | dyb |
| Glottolog | dyab1238 |
| AIATSIS[1] | K8 |
| ELP | Jabirr-Jabirr |
TheJabirr Jabirr language, also known asDjabirr-Djabirr, is a WesternNyulnyulan language formerly spoken by theJabirr Jabirr people on the coast south ofBeagle Bay inWestern Australia. Earlier sources spelled the nameDjaberrDjaberr orDyaberdyaber; the contemporary accepted spelling is Jabirr-Jabirr, which reflects the spelling conventions of languages of the Kimberley region.[2] It is also sometimes speltJabba Jabba.[3]
The language is closely related toNyulnyul and probably close enough to be mutually intelligible.[4] The source materials from Nekes and Worms' (1953) "Australian Languages" list numerous similarities.
Jabirr Jabirr is as of 2020[update] part of alanguage revival project. Jabirr Jabirr 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".[5]
 | ThisAustralian Aboriginal languages-related article is astub. You can help Wikipedia byexpanding it. |