Giimbiyu | |
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Mangerr | |
Native to | Australia |
Region | Northern Territory |
Extinct | 1980s–1990s[1] |
Arnhem Land?
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Dialects |
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Latin (Australian Aboriginal) | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Variously:zme – Mangerrurc – Urninganggerr – Erre |
Glottolog | giim1238 |
AIATSIS[2] | N220 |
ELP | Urningangga |
![]() Giimbiyu (purple), among other non-Pama-Nyungan languages (grey) |
Giimbiyu is an extinct Aboriginal Australian language isolate once spoken by the Giimbiyu people of northern Australia.
The name Giimbiyu is a Gaagudju word for 'of the stoney country'. It was introduced in Harvey (1992) as a cover term for the named dialects,[2]
In 1997 Nicholas Evans proposed an Arnhem Land family that includes the Giimbiyu languages. However, they are not included in Bowern (2011).[3]
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