Jabirr Jabirr language: Difference between revisions

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'''Dyaberdyaber''' ('''Jabirr- Jabirr''') is a Western [[Nyulnyulan languages|Nyulnyulan]] language formerly spoken on the coast south of [[Beagle Bay (Western Australia)|Beagle Bay]] in [[Western Australia]]. Earlier sources spelled the name DjaberrDjaberr or Dyaberdyaber; the contemporary accepted spelling is Jabirr-Jabirr, which reflects the spelling conventions of languages of the Kimberley region.<ref>Bowern, C. 2012 "A Grammar of Bardi". Berlin: Mouton</ref>

The language is closely related to [[Nyulnyul]] and probably close enough to be mutually intelligible.<ref>McGregor, W and B Stokes. Classifying the Nyulnyulan languages. in N. Evans (ed) "The Non-Pama-Nyungan Languages of Northern Australia" Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, 2003</ref> The source materials from Nekes and Worms' (1953) "Australian Languages" list numerous similarities.