Biri | |
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Eastern Maric | |
Native to | Australia |
Region | Queensland |
Extinct | (date missing) |
Pama–Nyungan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Variously: bzr – Biri gnl – Gangulu xgi – Garingbal |
Glottolog | east2716 |
AIATSIS |
E56 Biri, E58 Giya, E65* Mandalgu |
Biri (Biria, Birigaba) is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language of Queensland. A grammar of Biri proper was written before the language became extinct.
Giya may have been a dialect. Barna, spoken by the Aminungo in the midst of identified Biri dialects, may have been as well.