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Dyirbal
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Dyir·bal  (jûrbl)
n. pl. Dyirbal or Dyir·bals
1. A member of an Aboriginal people of northeast Queensland, Australia.
2. The Pama-Nyungan language of this people, now nearly extinct.

[Dyirbal, tribal name.]
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Noun1.Dyirbal - a language of Australian aborigines
Aboriginal Australian, Australian - the Austronesian languages spoken by Australian aborigines


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According to Bob Dixon, in 1963 the Dyirbal language in northern Queensland was spoken by the whole community over the age of 35, amounting to 100 people.
 
 
 
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