Bundjalung language
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The Bundjalung language is an Australian Aboriginal language traditionally spoken by the Bundjalung people of northern New South Wales and southeastern Queensland.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bundjalung language canonical | 14 |
| Bundjalung dialect continuum | 3 |
| Bundjalung language group | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11715085 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bundjalung language Context triple: [Bundjalung people, language, Bundjalung language]
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A.
Gundungurra language
The Gundungurra language is an Australian Aboriginal language traditionally spoken by the Gundungurra people of the Southern Highlands and Blue Mountains region of New South Wales.
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B.
Awabakal language
Awabakal language is an Australian Aboriginal language traditionally spoken by the Awabakal people of the coastal region around present-day Newcastle and Lake Macquarie in New South Wales.
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C.
Dyirbal language
Dyirbal language is an Australian Aboriginal language traditionally spoken in northeastern Queensland, noted for its complex noun class system and distinctive grammatical structures.
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D.
Darumbal language
The Darumbal language is an Australian Aboriginal language traditionally spoken by the Darumbal people of central Queensland, particularly around the Rockhampton region.
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E.
Yugambeh language
The Yugambeh language is an Australian Aboriginal language traditionally spoken by the Yugambeh people of southeast Queensland and northern New South Wales.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bundjalung language Target entity description: The Bundjalung language is an Australian Aboriginal language traditionally spoken by the Bundjalung people of northern New South Wales and southeastern Queensland.
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A.
Gundungurra language
The Gundungurra language is an Australian Aboriginal language traditionally spoken by the Gundungurra people of the Southern Highlands and Blue Mountains region of New South Wales.
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B.
Awabakal language
Awabakal language is an Australian Aboriginal language traditionally spoken by the Awabakal people of the coastal region around present-day Newcastle and Lake Macquarie in New South Wales.
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C.
Dyirbal language
Dyirbal language is an Australian Aboriginal language traditionally spoken in northeastern Queensland, noted for its complex noun class system and distinctive grammatical structures.
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D.
Darumbal language
The Darumbal language is an Australian Aboriginal language traditionally spoken by the Darumbal people of central Queensland, particularly around the Rockhampton region.
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E.
Yugambeh language
The Yugambeh language is an Australian Aboriginal language traditionally spoken by the Yugambeh people of southeast Queensland and northern New South Wales.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Australian Aboriginal language
ⓘ
Pama–Nyungan language ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Bundjalung people ⓘ |
| glottocode | band1337 ⓘ |
| glottologName | Bandjalang ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Badjalang
ⓘ
Bandjalang ⓘ Bandjalung ⓘ Banjalang ⓘ Bunjalung ⓘ Yugambeh–Bundjalung (as part of a chain) ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Bandjalang dialect
ⓘ
Baryulgil dialect ⓘ Birrihn dialect ⓘ Casino dialect ⓘ Galibal dialect ⓘ Gidhabal dialect ⓘ Lismore dialect ⓘ
linked to:
Lismore region
Minjungbal dialect ⓘ Wehlubal dialect ⓘ Wiyabal dialect ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticTypology | ergative–absolutive alignment (in many constructions) ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
suffixing morphology ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length in some dialects
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory including laminal stops ⓘ |
| hasRevitalizationEffort |
community language programs in northern New South Wales
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school and community classes in Bundjalung country ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature |
case-marking on nouns
ⓘ
relatively free word order ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin script
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin alphabet
|
| isDocumentedIn | Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies collections ⓘ |
| iso639-3Code | bdy ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf |
dictionaries and wordlists compiled with Bundjalung communities
ⓘ
grammatical descriptions by linguist Terry Crowley ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Pama–Nyungan
ⓘ
linked to:
Pama–Nyungan languages
|
| region |
Far North Coast of New South Wales
ⓘ
Gold Coast region of Queensland ⓘ
linked to:
Gold Coast region
Northern Rivers region ⓘ
linked to:
Northern Rivers
|
| spokenIn |
northern New South Wales
ⓘ
southeastern Queensland ⓘ |
| status | endangered language ⓘ |
| subfamily | Yugambeh–Bundjalung languages ⓘ |
| usedFor |
ceremonial contexts among Bundjalung communities
ⓘ
traditional stories and songs of the Bundjalung people ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bundjalung language Description of subject: The Bundjalung language is an Australian Aboriginal language traditionally spoken by the Bundjalung people of northern New South Wales and southeastern Queensland.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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