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- Title
Birrdhawal language and territory: A reconsideration.
- Authors
Clark, Ian D.
- Abstract
This paper offers a fundamental critique and re-evaluation of the historical sources and more recent reconstructions which have been used to determine the language area of the Birrdhawal people of far eastern Victoria. In relation to Birrdhawal tribal territory, this paper addresses three critical issues: first, whether the Birrdhawal language is related to the Ganai language, is part of the Yuin language cluster or is a standalone distinct language; second, whether or not their country included any coastline or was landlocked; and, third, whether or not any of their country was subsumed into that of the Krauatungalung through land succession as argued by Wesson (1994, 2000, 2002). The paper offers a comparative and quantitative analysis of vocabulary from the study area and critiques previous research into constituent local group organisation.
- Subjects
VICTORIA; LANGUAGE &; languages; KURNAI languages; LINGUA francas; ETHNIC groups
- Publication
Australian Aboriginal Studies, 2011, Vol 2011, Issue 1, p34
- ISSN
0729-4352
- Publication type
Article