| Bidhawal | |
|---|---|
| Birrdhawal, Bidwell | |
| mŭk-dhang | |
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Gippsland |
| Ethnicity | Bidhawal |
| Extinct | (date missing) |
Pama–Nyungan
| |
| Latin transcription | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ihw |
| Glottolog | gana1268 |
| AIATSIS[1] | S49 |
.jpg) Aboriginal Victorian language territories. Bidhawal (labeled Bidwell) is at the right, in green. | |
The Bidawal language was an Australian Aboriginal language, either a dialect of or closely related to the Kurnai language, formerly spoken by the Bidhawal.[2] However, it had borrowed a number of words referring to mammals, birds and celestial bodies from Ngarigo, as well as a smaller number of words from Thawa and Dhudhuroa.[2] The Bidawal called their own dialect mŭk-dhang (or muk-thang) ("good speech"), and that of the neighbouring Kurnai gūnggala-dhang. The Kurnai, however, called their own dialect mŭk-dhang, and that of the Bidawal kwai-thang ("rough speech").[3][a] According to Alfred William Howitt, Bidhawal is a mixture of Kurnai, Ngarigo and Yuin.[4]
- ^ S49 Bidhawal at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ^ a b c Dixon 2002, p. 44..
- ^ Tindale 1974.
- ^ Howitt, A. W. (July 1907). "The Native Tribes of South-East Australia". The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. 37: 268. doi:10.2307/2843319.
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