Dyirbal

Dyirbal
Dyir·bal (jûrʹbəl) n. pl. Dyirbal or Dyir·bals
1. A member of an Aboriginal people of northeast Queensland, Australia.
2. The Pama-Nyungan language of this people, now nearly extinct.
  [Dyirbal, tribal name.]

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