Extinct unclassified languages of Australia
Lower Burdekin (geographic) Native to Australia Region Queensland Ethnicity Juru, Bindal? Extinct ca. 1900 Language family
Dialects Cunningham vocabulary Gorton vocabulary O'Connor vocabulary (Yuru) Language codes ISO 639-3 xbb
– inclusive code Individual code:ljx
– YuruLinguist List
xbb
Glottolog bind1234
Cunningham listbind1235
Gorton listbind1236
Mount Elliot (O'Connor) listyuru1264
YuruAIATSIS [ 1] E62
YuruLower Burdekin languages (green) among other Pama–Nyungan (tan)
The Burdekin River in 2005 The Lower Burdekin languages were probably three distinct Australian Aboriginal languages spoken around the mouth of the Burdekin River in north Queensland. One short wordlist in each was collected in the 19th century, and published in the second volume of The Australian Race in 1886. These languages have since gone extinct, with no more having been recorded. Due to the paucity of the available data, almost nothing of their grammatical structure is known.
The O'Connor language goes by the name Yuru , and may have been Dyirbalic;[ 2] others may have been Maric . However, Breen analysed two of the lists and concluded that they were different languages, neither Maric.[ 2] He presumes that one of them was Bindal .[ 3]
Wordlist English gloss Cunningham vocabulary Gorton vocabulary O'Connor vocabulary (Yuru) Kangaroo hoora wootha arragoo Opossum moonganna goong onehunger Tame dog oogier minde oodoodoo Emu kowwerra goondaloo karboonmillery Black duck yammooroo buggininulli hoorooburry Wood duck mumboogooba detto culburh Pelican boloona booloon dooroomully Laughing jackass kowurgurra kookaburra karcoobura Native companion braroogan buberenulli kooroogowgun White cockatoo digooi bugina bunginna Crow wyaguna wethergun wombugah Swan woergerella Egg wyoorda werroo gunnoo Track of a foot dooigooburra yulmun Fish weenburra kooia weambura Lobster koongooya goonaway boogurrie Crayfish goombarroo inundah Mosquito kowearoo dee hoonhoono Fly karoovella nin Snake oongullab wormbaloo boongi (carpet) The Blacks murre dulgooh A Blackfellow dulgooh A Black woman wurrungooa gungan tudgegun 2 Blacks blarin dulgooh 3 Blacks wungoo dulgooh Nose urrooa woodroo wuneary Hand mobirra mulbroo wurrumby One warmina warrin Two blareena bool blarin Three kudjua ka wungoo Four kulburra murragi Father kiya yaba, yabo abah Mother younga yanga yunguma Elder sister kootha kooda Elder brother wabooa kudun A young man karrebella thillagal deebahgul An old man booingermunna bunganan nuganugamun An old woman boingergunna bulnagun bundeyun A baby mullererammoo cowla A White man yooarroo yuarroo Children erroomunna moolaramoo Head kurria kabbon karboyan Eye mudjura deburri deebara Ear awbilla wobbilla kungun Mouth da yawirra unga Teeth irra woonung dingull Hair of the head gunnarri targuinn Beard thungier thungi talba Thunder degoroo digoro burrahroo Grass wudthoor quwytho narahminie Tongue thullamia dulling Stomach bunboona borlo boonda Breasts woorga wuggunna dulnbinn Thigh toomburra thoombur duburrin Foot dingooburra bulliger dingooburra Bone bulbanna mimmoon Blood gwiburri moondtha queeberry Skin yoolanna uline mindeer Fat towie koonoo, goomo boongaroo Bowels gurroona kullinga yaboo Excrement goonna goonna guno War-spear nirremoo woomburro woolunbura Reed-spear wollaburra (none used) Wommera or throwing-stick birrana buddurrie Shield goolmurri gooldinare poodda poodda Tomahawk bulgooa nubanin oolun Canoe kobbetheba bettel-bettel karbeyal Sun burgorri kartri mulloun Moon bowarri waboonburra Star bunjoldi tor, bangala dirilger Light burgungubba baragunna Dark wooroowobba moonoo wulhurrie Cold didoora detto orbehgun Heat towarroo moondo moondo Day woorabunda unbur Night wooroonga woormooga Fire wygunna booninin neebull Water kowara thoolanoo dunjun Smoke toogar doongin Ground nannier numera dingur Wind quioona queeyon uinne Rain yoogana broothi marroo Wood doola dulla moora Stone burreea burtheroo bungil Camp yaamba yamba midera Yes yea umba yu yow No kurra kateka karbil I iyooa uda You yindooa ninda Bark bulgan boogoo bulgun Good boongoon Bad kooyooa diga Sweet kowangubba goondi Food igango dungee, ogoo Hungry nagnoora kabbil garoo Thirsty dthunginna armboo yulburana Eat igango dulgee ogoo Sleep boogoora boogooroo boog oggba Drink bithungo bitthana kudge ogoo Walk kunnaigo warin See timmi thimmi na Sit thunnango thunara duri Yesterday yambowerroe dirrierih To-day nilla nilla cudgin To-morrow burgenda burringa burrigunda Where are the Blacks? ondia murre? ulba dalgul? I don't know kurra mira carbilbrather Plenty qniarilla [sic] murrgi Big wiarra yunga Little wa-baw-au-boona wabungam arbooro Dead waulgoona wolgoon walgoon By-and-by thagoo boodinhi Come on kowa kooa
References 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 That Continent . Melbourne: Government Printer. Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development . Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-47378-1 .
North Northeast Wik Lamalamic Yalanjic Southwest Norman Thaypan Southern Other