Djabwurrung language

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Name (Latin)
Djabwurrung language
Other forms of name
Chaap Wuurong language
Chaapuwurrung language
Djabwuru language
Djabwurung language
Dyabwurung language
Tjapwurong language
Tjapwurrung language
See Also From tracing topical name
Pama-Nyungan languages
See Also From tracing place name
Australia
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q5285187
Library of congress: sh2003007057
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: Dawson, J. Australian Aborigines : the language and customs of several tribes of Aborigines in the western district of Victoria, Australia, c1981:p. 2 (the language of the Kolor tribe is called: Chaap wuurong)
  • Australian Institute of Aboriginal Torres Strait Islanders Studies (AIATSIS) thesaurus(Djabwurrung; non preferred terms: Chaapuwurrung, Dyabwurung)
  • Tindale, N.B. Aboriginal tribes of Australia, c1974(Tjapwurong; alternate names: Chaap Wuurong; Chaapwurru; Djabwuru)
  • Blake, B.J. Wathawurrung and the Colac language of Southern Victoria, c1998(Tjapwurrung language)
  • Encyclopedia of Aboriginal Australia, Horton ed.(Djabwurung)

Wikipedia description:

Djab Wurrung (Djabwurrung, Tjapwurrung, Chaap Wuurong, Djaara, Jaara) is the extinct Aboriginal Australian language of the Djab Wurrung people of central Victoria.

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