Gamilaraay Language (kld) - Revision history

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Also Known As: Gamilaraay,Camileroi,Gamilaroi,Kamilaroi Descriptio...
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<tr><td><b>Also Known As:</b> Gamilaraay,Camileroi,Gamilaroi,Kamilaroi

<b>Description:</b>

The Gamilaraay or Kamilaroi (see below for other spellings) language is a Pama-Nyungan language of the Wiradhuric subgroup found mostly in South East Australia. It was the traditional language of the Kamilaroi people, but is now moribund—according to Ethnologue, there were only 3 speakers left in 1997. However, there are thousands of people of mixed descent both within the native populations as well as immigrant populations, who identify themselves as Kamilaroi. Kamilaroi is also taught in some Australian schools.
The name Gamilaraay means gamil-having, gamil being the word for "no". Other dialects and languages are similarly named after their respective words for "no". (Compare the division between Langue d'oïl and Langue d'oc in France, distinguished by their respective words for "yes".)
Spellings of the name, pronounced [ɡ̊aˌmilaˈɻaːj] (listen) in the language itself , include:
Southern Aboriginal guides led the surveyor John Howe to the upper Hunter River above present-day Singleton in 1819. They told him that the country there was "Coomery Roy [=Gamilaraay] and more further a great way", meaning to the north-west, over the Liverpool Range (see O'Rourke 1997: 29). This is<i>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=3408573 ..... full article at Wikipedia]</i></td></tr>
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<h2>Overview</h2>

<tr><td><b>Main Country: </b></td><td>[http://www.freebase.com/view/en/australia Australia]</td></tr>

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<b><i>Regions: </i></b>[http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/oceania Oceania]
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<tr><td><b>ISO 639-3 Code: </b></td><td>kld</td></tr>

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<tr><td><h2>Classification Taxonomy</h2>
[[All Languages]]

  [[Australian Group]]

    [[Pama-Nyungan Group]]

      [[Wiradhuric Group]]

        <b>[[Gamilaraay Language]]</b>

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