Yuru language
| Yuru | |
|---|---|
| Juru | |
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Queensland |
| Ethnicity | Juru people |
| Extinct | after 1886 |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ljx |
| Glottolog | yuru1264 |
| AIATSIS[1] | E62 |
Yuru (Juru) is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language formerly spoken at the mouth of the Burdekin River in the state of Queensland. A single vocabulary collected by John O'Connor and published in The Australian Race by Edward Curr[2] is the only source on the language.[3]: 86 [4]
Classification
Yuru has been classified as Nyawaygic.[5]
Vocabulary
| English gloss | O'Connor vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Kangaroo | arragoo |
| Opossum | onehunger |
| Tame dog | oodoodoo |
| Emu | karboonmillery |
| Black duck | hoorooburry |
| Wood duck | culburh |
| Pelican | dooroomully |
| Laughing jackass | karcoobura |
| Native companion | kooroogowgun |
| White cockatoo | bunginna |
| Crow | wombugah |
| Egg | gunnoo |
| Track of a foot | yulmun |
| Fish | weambura |
| Lobster | boogurrie |
| Crayfish | inundah |
| Mosquito | hoonhoono |
| Fly | nin |
| Snake | boongi (carpet) |
| The Blacks | dulgooh |
| A Blackfellow | dulgooh |
| A Black woman | tudgegun |
| 2 Blacks | blarin dulgooh |
| 3 Blacks | wungoo dulgooh |
| Nose | wuneary |
| Hand | wurrumby |
| One | warrin |
| Two | blarin |
| Three | wungoo |
| Four | murragi |
| Father | abah |
| Mother | yunguma |
| Elder sister | kooda |
| Elder brother | kudun |
| A young man | deebahgul |
| An old man | nuganugamun |
| An old woman | bundeyun |
| A baby | cowla |
| A White man | yuarroo |
| Children | moolaramoo |
| Head | karboyan |
| Eye | deebara |
| Ear | kungun |
| Mouth | unga |
| Teeth | dingull |
| Hair of the head | targuinn |
| Beard | talba |
| Thunder | burrahroo |
| Grass | narahminie |
| Tongue | dulling |
| Stomach | boonda |
| Breasts | dulnbinn |
| Thigh | duburrin |
| Foot | dingooburra |
| Bone | mimmoon |
| Blood | queeberry |
| Skin | mindeer |
| Fat | boongaroo |
| Bowels | yaboo |
| Excrement | guno |
| War-spear | woolunbura |
| Wommera or throwing-stick | buddurrie |
| Shield | poodda poodda |
| Tomahawk | oolun |
| Canoe | karbeyal |
| Sun | mulloun |
| Moon | waboonburra |
| Star | dirilger |
| Light | baragunna |
| Dark | wulhurrie |
| Cold | orbehgun |
| Heat | moondo moondo |
| Day | unbur |
| Fire | neebull |
| Water | dunjun |
| Smoke | doongin |
| Ground | dingur |
| Wind | uinne |
| Rain | marroo |
| Wood | moora |
| Stone | bungil |
| Camp | midera |
| Yes | yu yow |
| No | karbil |
| I | uda |
| You | ninda |
| Bark | bulgun |
| Good | boongoon |
| Bad | diga |
| Sweet | goondi |
| Food | dungee, ogoo |
| Hungry | garoo |
| Thirsty | armboo yulburana |
| Eat | dulgee ogoo |
| Sleep | boog oggba |
| Drink | kudge ogoo |
| Walk | warin |
| See | na |
| Sit | duri |
| Yesterday | dirrierih |
| To-day | cudgin |
| To-morrow | burrigunda |
| Where are the Blacks? | ulba dalgul? |
| I don't know | carbilbrather |
| Plenty | murrgi |
| Big | yunga |
| Little | arbooro |
| Dead | walgoon |
| By-and-by | boodinhi |
| Come on | kooa |
References
- ^ E62 Yuru at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ^ O'Connor, John (1886), "Mouths of the Burdekin River", The Australian Race, vol. II, Melbourne: John Ferres, Government Printer, pp. 454–455, retrieved 2026-03-11
- ^ Terrill, Angela (1998). Biri. Languages of the world Materials. München Newcastle: LINCOM Europa. ISBN 978-3-89586-532-9.
- ^ Breen, Gavan (January 2009). "The Biri Dialects and their Neighbours". Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 133 (2): 219–256. doi:10.1080/03721426.2009.10887121. ISSN 0372-1426.
- ^ "Glottolog 5.3 - Yuru". glottolog.org. Retrieved 2026-03-11.