Turrbal language

Turrbal is an Aboriginal Australian language of Queensland. It is the language of the Turrbal people who are the traditional owners and custodians of Brisbane.[2]

Turrbal
Yagara
RegionQueensland
EthnicityTurrbal
ExtinctNo
Dialects
Language codes
ISO 639-3yxg
Glottologyaga1256  Yagara-Jandai
AIATSIS[1]E86 Turubul, E23 Jagara
ELPYagara

The Turrbal Association Inc use the Turrbal spelling and prefer this over other spellings of Turrbal such as Turubul, Turrubal, Turrabul, Toorbal, Tarabul.[3]

The four dialects listed in Dixon (2002)[4] are sometimes seen as separate Durubalic languages, especially Jandai and Nunukul; Yagara and Turrbul proper are more likely to be considered dialects.[1]

Influence on other languages

The Australian English word 'yakka', an informal term referring to any work, especially of strenuous kind, comes from the Yagara word 'yaga', the verb for 'work'.[5]

The literary journal Meanjin takes its name from meanjin, a Turrbal word meaning "spike", referring to the spike of land Brisbane was later built on.[6]

References
  1. E86 Turubul at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies  (see the info box for additional links)
  2. https://www.turrbal.com.au
  3. https://www.turrbal.com.au
  4. Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge University Press. p. xxxiv.
  5. Oxford Dictionary of English, p 2,054.
  6. "Meanjin debacle: erasing Aboriginal words in order to highlight white women's appropriation". NITV. 6 June 2018.


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