Gubbi Gubbi language

Kabi
Kabi
Kabi Kabi
Region	Queensland
Ethnicity	Kabi Kabi (Kabi), Butchulla (incl. Ngulungbara)
Native speakers	24 of the Batjala dialect (2016 census)
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Waka–Kabic Than Kabi; ; ;
Dialects	Kabi Kabi (Dippil); Badjala (Batjala, Batyala, Butchulla);
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; gbw – Kabi-Kabi; xby – Batyala
Glottolog	kabi1260
AIATSIS	E29 Gubbi Gubbi, E30 Butchulla
ELP	Gubbi Gubbi
	Batyala
	Badjala is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Gubbi Gubbi , also (incorrectly) spelt Kabi-Kabi/, is a language of Queensland in Australia, formerly spoken by the Gubbi Gubbi people of South-east Queensland. The main dialect, Gubbi 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.

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