Yugambal language
language
Yugambal (Yugumbal, Jukambal), or Yugumbil (Jukambil), is an Australian Aboriginal language of northern New South Wales. The name is derived from the word juka, meaning 'no'.
Classification
Yugambal may have been a Kuric language. However, it has been confused with the Bundjalung dialect of Yugambeh in the literature, muddling accounts of its classification. Yugumbil is, however, considered a dialect of Bandjalang. It has also been grouped with Yagara, Janday, Guyambal and Bigambal.
History
As late as 1855, people speaking the Jukambal language were encountered living on the Macintyre River.
Geographical distribution
Macpherson (1905) describes the Yugambal language as prevailing from Boggy Camp and Inverell, almost to Bingara on the west, Bundarra on the south, and Tingha on the south-east. He further notes that the Ngarrabul, Marbul, and Yugambal people understood each other, as did Ngarrabul, Kwiambal and Yugambal, so they are assumed to have spoken dialects of a single language. Dixon also gives Ngarrabul or Ngarrbal as a dialect of the Yugambal language.
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