Kunbarlang
Scripture Resources
This electronic version of Kunbarlang Luke 2:6-12 is as published by Bible Society Australia in the 2021 Australian Bibles Android App.
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General Language Information:
Location:
Kunbarlang is spoken on the north coast of the Northern Territory in particular at Gunbalanya (Oenpelli), Maningrida, Minjilang (Crocker island), and Warruwi (South Goulburn island).
Alternative Names and Variant Spellings:
It is estimated to be less than 50 adult speakers as people are moving to Kriol, Kuninjku, Mawng or Ndjebbena depending on the community they live in.
“Kunbarlang is a nominative-accusative language with secundative indexing of objects. It belongs to the non-Pama-Nyungan Gunwinyguan language family, and like all Gunwinyguan languages is highly polysynthetic. This means that it has very rich verbal morphology: the morphosyntax of the verbal word is at the heart of the Kunbarlang structure. In fact, the verbs are so self-sufficient that any well-formed verb can be a full utterance in Kunbarlang. In the nominal domain, on the other hand, morphology is very economical — probably more so than in any other Gunwinyguan language. (Kapitonov, 2019)
Luke 2:11-12: Balkime ngayi ngalwurndji kayakbum nawalak yiwanj niyikirddimarrk korro Bethlehem korro bonj yalpi korro David karlengminj. Ngunjdjiddaka korrobonj, ngunjdjiddarnanj nabok kirnddabonj, kabunburrdjing manburrba la kayuwa korro kaddardam rheyang bibuddbe karlmu buddbe. Yiwanj kuyi ngunjdjidarnanj kirnddabonj ngorro ngunjdjiddaburrbunj kuyi ngundo rlerrk kundjeng djininj. Nindda ngorro nayi kanjuddukarrme nuwuddbe kirddimarrk. Nabuk nayi karndduka, nindda kirdimarrk nayi kaddangibunj Christ. Kuyi wularrudd, ngaba God kangurndda, ‘Nganyanjrnilakwa birnuwuddbe kirddimarrk nayi karndduka birnuwuddbe.