Dyirringany language

Dyirringañ, also spelt Dyirringany and Djiringanj, is an Australian Aboriginal language of the Yuin people of New South Wales.

Dyirringany
Djiringanj
Region	New South Wales, Australia
Ethnicity	Djiringanj
Extinct	attested 1902[1]
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Yuin–Kuric Yuin Tharawal? Southern Coastal Yuin? Dyirringany
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	None sout2771  included in Southern Coastal Yuin
AIATSIS[1]	S51

Although it is not listed in Bowern (2011), the people are ethnically Yuin. The only attestation of the language are manuscripts and grammar, dating from 1902. It is sometimes classified with Thawa, as a dialect of Southern Coastal Yuin.^[1]

Bermagui Public School, a primary school in Bermagui, has taught local Aboriginal languages including Djiringanj and the Dhurga language, along with the associated cultures, since 2019.^[2]

References

1. S51 Dyirringany at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
2. Milton, Vanessa (3 June 2021). "Bermagui students help reawaken Aboriginal languages". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 21 June 2021.

External links

• Selected bibliography of material on the Djirringany / Dyirringany language and people held in the AIATSIS Library, at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (Also here.)