OLAC resources in and about the Dyirbal language

ISO 639-3: dbl

The combined catalog of all OLAC participants contains the following resources that are relevant to this language:

• Lexical resources
• Language descriptions
• Other resources about the language

Other known names and dialect names: Djirubal, Dyiru, Girramay, Gulngay, Gulnguy, Keramai, Mamu, Ngadjan, Ngatjan

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Lexical resources

1. ONLINEDyirbal Swadesh List. n.a. n.d. The Rosetta Project: A Long Now Foundation Library of Human Language. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_dbl_swadesh-1

Language descriptions

1. ONLINEGlottolog 5.3 Resources for Dyirbal. n.a. 2026. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:glottolog.org:dyir1250
2. ONLINEPHOIBLE 2.0 phonemic inventories for Dyirbal. n.a. 2019. Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. oai:phoible.org:dyir1250
3. ONLINEThe Dyirbal Language of North Queensland. Dixon, Robert M. W. 2026. WALS Online. oai:refdb.wals.info:203
4. ONLINELinguistic Diversity in Space and Time. Nichols, Johanna. 2026. WALS Online. oai:refdb.wals.info:4034
5. ONLINEWhat Determines Antipassive in Dyirbal ?. Dryer, Matthew S. 2026. WALS Online. oai:refdb.wals.info:4961
6. ONLINEThe Development of Antipassive Constructions in Australian Languages. Terrill, Angela. 2026. WALS Online. oai:refdb.wals.info:4986
7. ONLINEWALS Online Resources for Dyirbal. n.a. 2026. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:wals.info:dyi
8. ONLINELAPSyD Online page for Dyirbal. Maddieson, Ian. 2009. www.lapsyd.ddl.cnrs.fr. oai:www.lapsyd.ddl.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr:src367

Other resources about the language

1. A method of semantic description. Dixon, Robert M. W. 1971. Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics Library. oai:gial.edu:23769
2. The Dyirbal language of North Queensland. Dixon, Robert M. W. 1972. Cambridge studies in linguistics ; 9. oai:gial.edu:25054
3. The semantics of giving. Dixon, Robert M. W. 1973. The Hague : Mmouton. oai:gial.edu:28782
4. The predicative construction in the Dyirbal language : towards the notions 'grammatical subject', 'transitivity', 'accusative case', 'ergative construction', and 'grammatical voice'. Melʹčuk, Igorʹ A. (Igorʹ Aleksandrovič), 1932-. 1977. Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Linguistics Club. oai:gial.edu:7185
5. Young people's dyirbal : an example of language death from Australia. Schmidt, Annette, 1958-. 1985. Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press. oai:gial.edu:9870
6. ONLINEDyirbal: a language of Australia. n.a. 2018. SIL International. oai:ethnologue.com:dbl
7. ONLINELINGUIST List Resources for Dyirbal. Damir Cavar, eLinguistics Foundation Board Member (editor); Malgorzata E. Cavar, Director of Linguist List (editor). 2022-05-31. The LINGUIST List (www.linguistlist.org). oai:linguistlist.org:lang_dbl

Other known names and dialect names: Djirubal, Dyiru, Girramay, Gulngay, Gulnguy, Keramai, Mamu, Ngadjan, Ngatjan

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