Djabwurrung language

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Djab Wurrung
Tjapwurrung
Chaap Wuurong
Region Victoria
Ethnicity Djab Wurrung
Extinct by 2016 [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 tjw
Glottolog djab1234
AIATSIS [2] S26
ELP Djabwurrung

Djab Wurrung (Djabwurrung, Tjapwurrung, Chaap Wuurong) is the extinct Aboriginal Australian language of the Djab Wurrung people of central Victoria.

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References

  1. "Census 2016, Language spoken at home by Sex (SA2+)". stat.data.abs.gov.au. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  2. S26 Djab Wurrung at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies