Dyirringany_language

Dyirringany language

Dyirringany language

Extinct Pama–Nyungan language of Australia

Dyirringañ, also spelt Dyirringany and Djiringanj, is an Australian Aboriginal language of the Yuin people of New South Wales.

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It is not listed in Bowern (2011), but the people are ethnically Yuin. The only attestation of the language are manuscripts and a grammar dating from 1902. It is sometimes classified with Thawa as a dialect of Southern Coastal Yuin.[1]

Bermagui Public School, a primary school in Bermagui, has taught local Aboriginal languages including Djiringanj and the Dhurga language, along with the associated cultures, since 2019.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    S51 Dyirringany at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  2. [2]
    Milton, Vanessa (3 June 2021). "Bermagui students help reawaken Aboriginal languages". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 21 June 2021.


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