ISO 639:tjw

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Djab Wurrung
Tjapwurrung
Chaap Wuurong
Native toAustralia
RegionVictoria
EthnicityDjab Wurrung
Native speakers
17 (2011)[1]
Dialects
  • Pirtpirtwurrung
  • Knenknenwurrung
  • Djabwurrung
Language codes
ISO 639-3tjw
Glottologdjab1234
AIATSIS[1]S26 Djab Wurrung, S86 Pirtpirtwurrung
ELPDjabwurrung

Djab Wurrung (Djabwurrung, Tjapwurrung, Chaap Wuurong, Djaara, Jaara) is the extinct[2] Aboriginal Australian language of the Djab Wurrung people of central Victoria.

References

  1. S26 Djab Wurrung at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies  (see the info box for additional links)
  2. Blake, Barry J. (2011). Dialects of Western Kulin, Western Victoria: Yartwatjali, Tjapwurrung, Djadjawurrung (PDF). La Trobe University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 January 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2026.