Bayali language
Bayali (also spelt Biyali, Baiali, Byelle, Byellee, and also known as Orambul or Urambal) was an extinct language of Queensland in Australia, spoken in the Rockhampton area, but a project is under way to revive the language.
| Bayali | |
|---|---|
| Region | Queensland |
| Extinct | (date missing) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bjy (includes unrelated Darambal) |
| Glottolog | baya1257[1] |
| AIATSIS[2] | E42 |
It has been classified together with Darumbal as a Kingkel language, but the two are not close, and Bowern (2011) reclassified Darumbal as a Maric language.
Language revival
Since 2017, the Central Queensland Language Centre has been working on helping to restore three languages from the region – Yiiman, Byelle and Taribelang (also known as Gureng Gureng).[3] As of 2020, 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 the Department 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".[4]
References
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Bayali". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- E42 Bayali at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- Wang, Amy Chien-Yu; Apostolou, Panos (2 July 2017). "Indigenous languages at risk". SBS Greek. Special Broadcasting Service. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
- "Priority Languages Support Project". First Languages Australia. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
External links
- Bibliography of Bayali language and people resources, at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies