Gubbi Gubbi language

Gubbi Gubbi, also spelt Kabi Kabi, is a language of Queensland in Australia, formerly spoken by the Gubbi Gubbi people of South-east Queensland. The main dialect, Gubbi Gubbi, is extinct, but there are still 24 people with knowledge of the Butchulla dialect (also spelt Batjala, Batyala, Badjala, and variants), a language spoken by the Butchulla people of K'gari.

Kabi
Kabi Kabi
RegionQueensland
EthnicityKabi Kabi (Kabi), Butchulla (incl. Ngulungbara)
Native speakers
24 of the Batjala dialect (2016 census)
Pama–Nyungan
  • Waka–Kabic
    • Than
      • Kabi
Dialects
  • Kabi Kabi (Dippil)
  • Badjala (Batjala, Batyala, Butchulla)
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
gbw  Kabi-Kabi
xby  Batyala
Glottologkabi1260
AIATSISE29 Gubbi Gubbi, E30 Butchulla
ELPGubbi Gubbi
 Batyala
Badjala is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
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