Back Idioma giimbiyu Spanish Giimbiyukielet Finnish Giimbiyu jezici Croatian Języki giimbijuckie Polish Киимпиюские языки Russian Gjuha Giimbiyu Albanian Giimbiyuspråk Swedish Lugha za Kigiimbiyu Swahili 金比尤语 Chinese
| Giimbiyu | |
|---|---|
| Mangerr | |
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Northern Territory |
| Extinct | 1980s–1990s[1] |
Arnhem Land?
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| Dialects |
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| Latin (Australian Aboriginal) | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:zme – Mangerrurc – Urninganggerr – Erre |
| Glottolog | giim1238 |
| AIATSIS[2] | N220 |
| ELP | Urningangga |
 Giimbiyu (purple), among other non-Pama-Nyungan languages (grey) | |
Giimbiyu is an extinct Aboriginal Australian language isolate once spoken by the Giimbiyu people of northern Australia.
The name Giimbiyu is a Gaagudju word for 'of the stoney country'. It was introduced in Harvey (1992) as a cover term for the named dialects,[2]
- Mangerr (Mengerrdji)
- Urningangga (Wuningak)
- Erri (Arri)
In 1997 Nicholas Evans proposed an Arnhem Land family that includes the Giimbiyu languages. However, they are not included in Bowern (2011).[3]
- ^ Mangerr at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
Urningangg at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
Erre at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ a b N220 Giimbiyu at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ^ Bowern, Claire. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?", Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web, December 23, 2011 (corrected February 6, 2012)
