Tha '''Dyirbal''' {{IPAc-en|ˈ|dʒ|ɜr|b|əl}}<ref>Laurie Bauer, 2007, ''The Linguistics Student’s Handbook'', Edinburgh</ref> (alsocuideachd ''Djirubal'') is anna [[AustralianCànain AboriginalThùsanach languagesAstràilia|Australiancànan Aboriginalthùsanach languageAstràilia]] spokenà in northeastear-thuath [[Queensland]] by aboutle 29 speakersde luchd-bruidhinn mu thuaiream am ofmeasg thenan [[Muinntir Dyirbal people|Dyirbal tribe]]. It'S ise aball memberde ofgheug thebeag smallnan [[DyirbalicCànain languagesDyirbalach|Dyirbaliccànan Dyirbalach]] brancha ofth' theann san teaghlach [[Pama–NyunganCànain languagesPama–Nyungan|Pama–Nyungan family]]. ItTha possessese manyainmeil outstandingam featuresmeasg thatluchd-cànanachais havea madechionn it's wellgu knownbheil amongiomadh [[linguistics|linguist]]srud sa chànan a tha annasach a thaobh gràmair.
[[File:Djirbalgan map.png|thumb|right|Far a bheilear a' bruidhinn Dyirbal]]
InOn thea yearschaidh since thegràmar Dyirbal grammarfhoillseachadh byle [[Robert M. W. Dixon|Robert Dixon]] wasann published inan 1972, tha Dyirbal hasair steadilysìor-chrìonadh movedagus closertha toi an ìmpis [[languagedol deathà bith cànain|extinctiondol à bith]] asa chionn younger's communitynach memberseil havea' failedghinealach toòg learnga ittogail.<ref>Schmidt, A: "Young People's Dyirbal: An Example of Language Death from Australia" (Cambridge University Press, 1985)</ref>
