Turrbal language
Turrbal, also spelt Turubul and Turrubal, and also known as Yagara, is an Aboriginal Australian language of Queensland.
Other spellings of Turrbal are Turrabul, Toorbal, Tarabul; variants of Yagara are Ugarapul, Yuggarabul, Yuggera, Yuggarapul, Yackarabul.
The four dialects listed in Dixon are sometimes seen as separate Durubalic languages, especially Jandai and Nunukul; Yagara and Turrbul proper are more likely to be considered dialects.Influence on other languages
The Australian English word 'yakka', an informal term referring to any work, especially of strenuous kind, comes from the Yagara word 'yaga', the verb for 'work'.
The literary journal Meanjin takes its name from meanjin, a Turrbal word meaning "spike", referring to the spike of land Brisbane was later built on.
