The main dialect, Gubbi Gubbi, is extinct, but there are still 24 people with knowledge of the Butchulla dialect (also spelt Batjala, Batyala, Badjala, and variants), a language spoken by the Butchulla people of K'gari (Fraser Island).

The main dialect is extinct, but there were still 24 people with knowledge of the Batjala dialect (a language spoken by the Butchulla people of K'gari formerly known as Fraser Island) as of the 2016 Australian census.

[1] The following is in the Badjala/Butchulla dialect: According to Norman Tindale (1974), the word Kabi (['kabi]), means "no".

[2] Wunya ngulum means "Welcome, everyone" in Kabi Kabi/Gubbi Gubbi.

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