Biri language

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Biri
Eastern Maric
Native to Australia
Region Queensland
Extinct (date missing)
Dialects
Biri
Gangulu
Wirri (Widi, Yuwibara)
Yilba
Baradha
Yambina
Yetimarala
Garanjbal
Yangga[1]
Mandalgu
Giya (Bumbarra)?
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Variously:
bzr – Biri
gnl – Gangulu
xgi – Garingbal
Glottolog east2716[2]
AIATSIS[3] E56 Biri, E58 Giya, E65* Mandalgu

Biri (Biria, Birigaba) is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language of Queensland. A grammar of Biri proper was written before the language became extinct.

Giya may have been a dialect.[3] Barna, spoken by the Aminungo in the midst of identified Biri dialects, may have been as well.

References

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  1. RMW Dixon (2002), Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development, p xxxiii
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  3. 3.0 3.1 Biri at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies  (see the info box for additional links)