Young People's Dyirbal

An Example of Language Death from Australia

Cambridge Studies in Linguistics

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2009 m.

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In 1972 when R. M. W. Dixon's classic grammar, The Dyirbal Language of North Queensland, was published, under thirty speakers of the 'traditional' language remained. Now only some of their children and grandchildren use the language; these younger people speak a simplified version.