Guyambal language

Gujambal
Gujambal
Kwiambal
Native to	Australia
Ethnicity	Kwiambal, ?Bigambul, ?Kambuwal
Era	attested 1887
Language family	Pama–Nyungan (unclassified); Durubalic? Gujambal; ;
Dialects	Gambuwal?;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	guya1250
AIATSIS	D35 Guyambal, D29 Gambuwal

Last updated June 24, 2025

Gujambal (Guyambal, Kwiambal) is a possible extinct Australian Aboriginal language. It is documented only in a wordlist from 1887.^[2]^[3] 'Gambuwal' may have been the same language, and may have been a dialect of Bigambul.^[1]

References

1 2 D35 Guyambal at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (see the info box for additional links)
↑ 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 the continent. Cornell University Library. Melbourne : J. Ferres. pp. 298–299.
↑ Hammarström, Harald (September 2015). "Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: A comprehensive review: Online appendices". Language. 91 (3): s1 –s188. doi:10.1353/lan.2015.0049. hdl: 11858/00-001M-0000-0029-1D58-0 . ISSN 1535-0665.

External links

Bibliography of Gujambal people and language resources, at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

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[AIATSIS-1] 1 2 D35 Guyambal at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (see the info box for additional links)

[2] 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 the continent. Cornell University Library. Melbourne : J. Ferres. pp. 298–299.

[3] Hammarström, Harald (September 2015). "Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: A comprehensive review: Online appendices". Language. 91 (3): s1 –s188. doi:10.1353/lan.2015.0049. hdl: 11858/00-001M-0000-0029-1D58-0 . ISSN 1535-0665.

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