Umpila is the native language of Australia [3] [4] [5] , or even the dialect continuum that is common on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland in Australia.
| Umpila | |
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| Country | Australia |
| Regions | Queensland |
| Total number of speakers | 100 (1981) [1] |
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| ISO 639-1 | - |
| ISO 639-2 | - |
| ISO 639-3 | kbe - kantyu |
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Varieties
The main varieties of umpil, which are considered dialects or separate languages:
- Kantyu ( Gandanju, Gandju, Jabuda, Kaantyu, Kamdhue, Kandju, Kandyu, Kanju, Kanyu, Karnu, Neogulada, Yaldiye-Ho ). Distributed in central Cape York , Queensland .
- Kuuku lu ( Kuuku Iyu ). Extinct.
- Kuuku Yani Extinct.
- Kuuku-yau ( Bagadji, Gugu Yau, Koko-Ja'o, Kokoyao, Kuuku-Ya'u, Pakadji, Ya'o ). Distributed in the northeast of Cape York Peninsula , south of Temple Bay, Queensland .
- Umpila ( Northeastern Paman, Umpila ). Distributed to Cape Sidmouth North of Knight Island
- Uutaalnganu Extinct.
Sign Language
Umpil language has a well-developed sign form. [6]
Notes
- ↑ Umpila (tongue)
- ↑ UNESCO Red Book of Languages
- ↑ Umpila (people)
- ↑ Kantyu
- ↑ Kuuku-yau
- ↑ Kendon, A. (1988) Sign Languages of Aboriginal Australia: Cultural, Semiotic and Communicative Perspectives. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Literature
- Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Umpila". Glottolog 2.2. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- Kuuku-Ya'u Swadesh List. nand The Rosetta Project: A Long Now Foundation Library of Human Language.
- A Phonology of Kuuku-Ya'u. Thompson, DA 1976. Languages of Cape York.
- Lockhart River "Sand Beach" Language: An Outline of Kuuku Ya'u and Umpila. Thompson, David. 1988. Summer Institute of Linguistics.
- Work Papers of Sil-Aab: Lockhart River "Sand Beach" Language. Thompson, David A. 1988. Summer Institute of Linguistics.
- Lockhartt River "Sand Beach" language an outline of Kuuku Ya'u and Umpila. Thompson, David A. 1988. Work papers of SIL-AAIB. Series A, 1030-9853; vol. eleven.
- Lockhart River "Sand Beach" language: an outline of Kuuku Yaʼu and Umpila. Thompson, David A. 1988. Work Papers of SIL - AAIB. Series A.