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Name: Dyirbal

Alternate Names: Chirpa; Chirpalji; Choolngai; Djalnguy; Djirbal; Djirbaldji; Djiribal; Djirubal; Dyarbal; Dyirbaldyi; Dyirbalngan; Ngiloongo-I; Njirma; Tjirbal; Tyirbal; Jirrbal; Dyalnguy

Spoken in: Australia

Number of speakers: 40 (1983 R. Dixon) (Ethnologue)

Number of speakers: 5 (UNESCO)

Number of speakers: 45 (World Oral Literature Project)

Code: dbl

Code Authority: ISO 639-3

Code Standard: SIL

Families: Pama-Nyungan

Parent Subgroup: Dyirbalic (dyic)

Child Dialects: Mamu (dbl-mam) Girramy; Keramai; Girramay; Kiramay; Kiramai; Wombelbara (dbl-gir) Dyiru; Djiru (dbl-dyi) Ngadjan; Ngatjan; Ngadja; Ngachanji; Ngaitjangji (dbl-nga) Gulnguy; Gulngay; Gulngui (dbl-gul)

Endangerment Status

Linguist List Status: Nearly Extinct

UNESCO Status: Critically endangered

Ethnologue Status: Nearly Extinct

Sutherland's Red List: Critically Endangered

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