Yugambeh language

Yugambeh (or Mibanah, from Mibanah gulgun, lit. 'language of men' or 'sound of eagles'), also known as Tweed-Albert Bandjalang, is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Yugambeh living in South-East Queensland between and within the Logan River basin and the Tweed River basin, bounded to the east by the Pacific Ocean (including South Stradbroke Island) and in the west by the Teviot Ranges and Teviot Brook basin.

Yugambeh
Minjungbal
Yugam
RegionQueensland, Australia
EthnicityYugambeh
Native speakers
208 (2021)
Dialects
  • Mananjahli (Wangerriburra)
  • Minyangbal
  • Ngahnduwal
  • Nerang Creek
Language codes
ISO 639-3xjb
Glottologtwee1234
AIATSISE17
ELPMinjungbal

Yugambeh is dialect cluster of two mutually intelligible dialects, one of four such clusters of the Bandjalangic branch of the Pama–Nyungan language family.

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