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Bayali language

{{short description|Extinct Australian Aboriginal language}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

{{use Australian English|date=January 2020}}

{{for| the place in Queensland|Byellee, Queensland}}

{{for |the dialect of Biri also known as Bayali|Yetimarla language}}{{Cleanup lang|date=October 2024|iso=bjy}}{{Infobox language

| name = Bayali

| altname = Orambul

| nativename =

| region = Queensland

| ethnicity =

| extinct = ?

| familycolor = Australian

| fam1 = Pama–Nyungan

| fam2 = Maric?
Kingkel?

| iso3 = bjy

| glotto = baya1257

| glottorefname = Bayali

| aiatsis = E42

| states = Australia

| revived = 2017

| map = Tribes_around_Gladstone1.png

| mapcaption = Traditional lands of Aboriginal people around Mackay, Rockhampton and Gladstone Queensland, {{legend inline|#008001|Bayali}} in green.

}}

Bayali (also spelt Biyali, Baiali, Byelle, Byellee, and also known as Orambul or Urambal) was an Australian Aboriginal language of Queensland in Australia, spoken in the Rockhampton and Gladstone areas, but a project is under way to revive the language.

Classification

Bayali belongs to the Pama–Nyungan language family.{{cite web |year=2022 |title=Bayali |url=https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/baya1257 |access-date=3 June 2022 |work=Glottolog 4.6 |editor-last1=Hammarström |editor-first1=Harald |editor-last2=Forkel |editor-first2=Robert |editor-last3=Haspelmath |editor-first3=Martin |editor-last4=Bank |editor-first4=Sebastian}} It has been classified together with Darumbal as a Kingkel language,{{cite book |last=Dixon |first=R. M. W. |url=http://www.cambridge.org/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521473780 |title=Australian Languages: their nature and development |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2002 |author-link=R. M. W. Dixon}}{{rp|xxxiv}} but the two are not close, and Bowern (2011)Bowern, Claire. 2011. "[http://anggarrgoon.wordpress.com/2011/12/23/how-many-languages-were-spoken-in-australia/ How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?]", Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web, December 23, 2011 ([http://pamanyungan.sites.yale.edu/master-list-australian-languages-v12 corrected] February 6, 2012) reclassified Darumbal as a Maric language.

Language revival

Since 2017, the Central Queensland Language Centre has been working on helping to restore three languages from the region – Yiiman, Byelle and Taribelang (also known as Gureng Gureng).{{cite web|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/language/english/indigenous-languages-at-risk|publisher=Special Broadcasting Service|website=SBS Greek|title=Indigenous languages at risk|date=2 July 2017|first1=Amy Chien-Yu|last1= Wang|first2= Panos|last2= Apostolou|access-date=13 January 2020}} {{as of|2020}}, Bayali (spelt Bayelle) is one of 20 languages prioritised as part of the Priority Languages Support Project, being undertaken by First Languages Australia and funded by the Department of Communications and the Arts. The project aims to "identify and document critically-endangered languages — those languages for which little or no documentation exists, where no recordings have previously been made, but where there are living speakers".{{cite web|website=First Languages Australia|url=https://www.firstlanguages.org.au/projects/plsp|title=Priority Languages Support Project|access-date=13 January 2020|archive-date=13 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113071114/https://www.firstlanguages.org.au/projects/plsp|url-status=dead}}

Some words from the Bayali language, as spelt and written by Bayali authors include:{{SLQ-CC-BY|url=https://maps.slq.qld.gov.au/iyil/view/bayali-46?embed=true|title=Bayali|publisher=State Library of Queensland|website=Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map|url-status=live|accessdate=3 June 2022}}

  • {{lang|bjy|Girra}}: fire
  • Gula: koala
  • Guruman: kangaroo
  • Kobbera: head

References

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External links

  • [http://aiatsis.gov.au/sites/default/files/docs/collections/language_bibs/bayali_baiali.pdf Bibliography of Bayali language and people resources] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518092641/http://aiatsis.gov.au/sites/default/files/docs/collections/language_bibs/bayali_baiali.pdf |date=18 May 2015 }}, at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

Category:Kingkel languages

Category:Extinct languages of Queensland

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