Lower Burdekin languages

Lower Burdekin
Region Queensland, Australia
Extinct ca. 1900
Pama–Nyungan
Dialects
  • Cunningham vocabulary
  • Gorton vocabulary
  • O'Connor vocabulary (Yuru)
Language codes
ISO 639-3 xbb – inclusive code
Individual code:
ljx – Yuru
xbb
Glottolog bind1234  Cunningham list[1]
bind1235  Gorton list[2]
bind1236  Mount Elliot (O'Connor) list[3]
yuru1264  Yuru[4]
AIATSIS[5] E62 Yuru
The Burdekin River in 2005
Lower Burdekin languages (green) among other Pama–Nyungan (tan)

The Lower Burdekin languages were probably three distinct Australian Aboriginal languages spoken around the mouth of the Burdekin River in north Queensland. One short wordlist in each was collected in the 19th century, and published in the second volume of The Australian Race in 1886. These languages have since gone extinct, with no more having been recorded. Due to the paucity of the available data, we know almost nothing of their grammatical structure.

The O'Connor language goes by the name Yuru, and may have been Dyirbalic;[5] others may have been Maric. However, Breen[5] analyzed two of the lists and concluded that they were different languages, neither Maric. He presumes that one of them was Bindal.[6]

EnglishCunningham
vocabulary		Gorton
vocabulary		O'Connor
vocabulary
Kangaroohoorawoothaarragoo
Opossummoongannagoongonehunger
Tame dogoogiermindeoodoodoo
Emukowwerragoondalookarboonmillery
Black duckyammooroobuggininullihoorooburry
Wood duckmumboogoobadettoculburh
Pelicanboloonabooloondooroomully
Laughing jackasskowurgurrakookaburrakarcoobura
Native companionbrarooganbuberenullikooroogowgun
White cockatoodigooibuginabunginna
Crowwyagunawethergunwombugah
Swanwoergerella
Eggwyoordawerroogunnoo
Track of a footdooigooburrayulmun
Fishweenburrakooiaweambura
Lobsterkoongooyagoonawayboogurrie
Crayfishgoombarrooinundah
Mosquitokowearoodeehoonhoono
Flykaroovellanin
Snakeoongullabwormbalooboongi (carpet)
The Blacksmurredulgooh
A Blackfellowdulgooh
A Black womanwurrungooagungantudgegun
Noseurrooawoodroowuneary
Handmobirramulbroowurrumby
2 Blacksblarin dulgooh
3 Blackswungoo dulgooh
Onewarminawarrin
Twoblareenaboolblarin
Threekudjuakawungoo
Fourkulburramurragi
Fatherkiyayaba, yaboabah
Motheryoungayangayunguma
Sister—Elderkoothakooda
Brother—Elderwabooakudun
A young mankarrebellathillagaldeebahgul
An old manbooingermunnabunganannuganugamun
An old womanboingergunnabulnagunbundeyun
A babymullererammoocowla
A White manyooarrooyuarroo
Childrenerroomunnamoolaramoo
Headkurriakabbonkarboyan
Eyemudjuradeburrideebara
Earawbilla [sic]wobbillakungun
Mouthdayawirraunga
Teethirrawoonungdingull
Hair of the headgunnarritarguinn
Beardthungierthungitalba
Thunderdegoroodigoroburrahroo
Grasswudthoorquwythonarahminie
Tonguethullamiadulling
Stomachbunboonaborloboonda
Breastswoorgawuggunnadulnbinn
Thightoomburrathoomburduburrin
Footdingooburrabulligerdingooburra
Bonebulbannamimmoon
Bloodgwiburrimoondthaqueeberry
Skinyoolannaulinemindeer
Fattowiekoonoo, goomoboongaroo
Bowelsgurroonakullingayaboo
Excrementgoonnagoonnaguno
War-spearnirremoowoomburrowoolunbura
Reed-spearwollaburra(none used)
Wommera or throwing-stickbirranabuddurrie
Shieldgoolmurrigooldinarepoodda poodda
Tomahawkbulgooanubaninoolun
Canoekobbethebabettel-bettelkarbeyal
Sunburgorrikartrimulloun
Moonbowarriwaboonburra
Starbunjolditor, bangaladirilger
Lightburgungubbabaragunna
Darkwooroowobbamoonoowulhurrie
Colddidooradettoorbehgun
Heattowarroomoondo moondo
Daywoorabundaunbur
Nightwooroongawoormooga
Firewygunnaboonininneebull
Waterkowarathoolanoodunjun
Smoketoogardoongin
Groundnanniernumeradingur
Windquioonaqueeyonuinne
Rainyooganabroothimarroo
Wooddooladullamoora
Stoneburreeaburtheroobungil
Campyaambayambamidera
Yesyeaumbayu yow
Nokurrakatekakarbil
Iiyooauda
Youyindooaninda
Barkbulganboogoobulgun
Goodboongoon
Badkooyooadiga
Sweetkowangubbagoondi
Foodigangodungee, ogoo
Hungrynagnoorakabbilgaroo
Thirstydthunginnaarmboo yulburana
Eatigangodulgee ogoo
Sleepboogooraboogoorooboog oggba
Drinkbithungobitthanakudge ogoo
Walkkunnaigowarin
Seetimmithimmina
Sitthunnangothunaraduri
Yesterdayyambowerroedirrierih
To-daynillanillacudgin
To-morrowburgendaburringaburrigunda
Where are the Blacks?ondia murre?ulba dalgul?
I don't knowkurra miracarbilbrather
Plentyqniarilla [sic]murrgi
Bigwiarrayunga
Littlewa-baw-au-boonawabungamarbooro
Deadwaulgoonawolgoonwalgoon
By-and-bythagooboodinhi
Come onkowakooa

References

  1. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Cunningham list". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  2. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Gorton list". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Mount Elliot (O'Connor) list". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  4. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Yuru". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  5. 1 2 3 Yuru at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  6. ↑ AIATSIS: Bindal
  • Curr, Edward Micklethwaite (1886). The Australian Race: Its Origin, Languages, Customs, Place of Landing in Australia, and the Routes by Which It Spread Itself over That Continent. Melbourne: Government Printer.
  • Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-47378-1.
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