Australian Aboriginal language of the Brisbane area
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Turrbal
Yagara
Region
Queensland
Ethnicity
Turrbal
Language family
Pama–Nyungan
Durubalic
Turrbal
Dialects
Yagara
Turubul
(Jandai)
(Nunukul/Moonjan)
Language codes
ISO 639-3
yxg
Glottolog
yaga1256 Yagara-Jandai
AIATSIS[1]
E86 Turubul, E23 Jagara
ELP
Yagara
Turrbal is an Aboriginal Australian language of the Turrbal people of the Brisbane area of Queensland.
Alternate spellings include Turubul, Turrubal, Turrabul, Toorbal, and Tarabul.[2][3]
^E86 Turubul at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (see the info box for additional links)
^"Turrbal Aboriginal Tribe - Traditional Owners of Brisbane". Turrbal. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
^The Turrbal Association (an incorporated Turrbal association that offers cultural services) uses the spelling "Turrbal" in preference to other spellings.
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