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gubbi" target="_blank">Gubbi gubbi" target="_blank">Gubbi, also spelt Kabi Kabi, is a language of Queensland in Australia, formerly spoken by the Kabi Kabi people of South-east Queensland. The main dialect, gubbi" target="_blank">Gubbi gubbi" target="_blank">Gubbi, is extinct, but there are still 24 people with knowledge of the Butchulla dialect (also spelt Batjala, Batyala, Badjala, and variants), a language spoken by the Butchulla people of K'gari (Fraser Island).




Language status


The main dialect is extinct, but there were still 24 people with knowledge of the Batjala dialect (a language spoken by the Butchulla people of K'gari formerly known as Fraser Island) as of the 2016 Australian census.




Phonology


The following is in the Badjala/Butchulla dialect:




= Consonants

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/n̪/ is always heard as palatal [ɲ] when preceding /i/, and in word-final position.
/d̪/ can be heard in free variation with palatal [ɟ].
/b d̪ ɡ/ can have lenited allophones [β ð ɣ] in intervocalic positions.
/ɻ/ has a lateral allophone of [ɭ] when preceding /b/.
/ɡ/ is often slightly palatalised as [ɡʲ] before /i/.




= Vowels

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/aː/ can sometimes be heard as [æː] before /l/.
/u/ can be heard as [ɔ] when preceding an intervocalic /ɻ/.




Lexicon


According to Norman Tindale (1974), the word Kabi (['kabi]), means "no".
Wunya ngulum means "Welcome, everyone" in Kabi Kabi/gubbi" target="_blank">Gubbi gubbi" target="_blank">Gubbi.




References






External links


Selected bibliography of material on gubbi" target="_blank">Gubbi gubbi" target="_blank">Gubbi / Kabi Kabi / Gabi Gabi language and people held in the AIATSIS Library
Heritage of Kabi Kabi people - Sunshine Coast Tourism Information Centre
Joyce Bonner digital story, State Library of Queensland. Digital story discussing the Badtjala dialect
Eve Fesl digital story, State Library of Queensland. Digital story discussing the gubbi" target="_blank">Gubbi gubbi" target="_blank">Gubbi language

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