Doolboong language

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Doolboong
Region Northern Territory
Ethnicity Doolboong
Extinct (date missing)
Jarrakan
Language codes
ISO 639-3 None (mis)
Glottolog None
AIATSIS [1] K50

Doolboong (also Tulpung or Duulngari [2] ) is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language formerly spoken by the Doolboong on the coast of the Cambridge Gulf in the Northern Territory.

Language death Process in which a language eventually loses its last native speaker

In linguistics, language death occurs when a language loses its last native speaker. By extension, language extinction is when the language is no longer known, including by second-language speakers. Other similar terms include linguicide, the death of a language from natural or political causes, and rarely glottophagy, the absorption or replacement of a minor language by a major language.

Australian Aboriginal languages language family

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There are no longer any speakers of Doolboong, and no written records of it exist. However, speakers of the nearby Gajirrabeng and Miriwoong languages say it was similar to Gajirrabeng. [3] This would place it in the Jarrakan family; however, it may instead belong to the neighbouring Worrorran family. [2]

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Jarrakan languages family of Australian Aboriginal languages

The Jarrakanlanguages are a small family of Australian Aboriginal languages spoken in northern Australia. The name is derived from the word jarrak, which means "language" in Kija.

Worrorran languages

The Worrorran (Wororan) languages are a small family of Australian Aboriginal languages spoken in northern Western Australia.

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References

  1. ↑ Doolboong at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  2. 1 2 McGregor, William (1988). Handbook of Kimberley Languages. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
  3. ↑ McGregor, William (2004). The Languages of the Kimberley, Western Australia. London, New York: Taylor & Francis. p. 40.
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