Alternate spellings include Turubul, Turrubal, Turrabul, Toorbal, and Tarabul.
[1] F. J. Watson classifies Turrbal (E86) as a sub group of Yugarabul E66, which is most likely the language Yagara E23.
[7] Norman Tindale uses the term Turrbal (E86) to refers to speakers of the language of Yagara E23.
[9] R. M. W. Dixon classifies Turrbal as a dialect of the language of Yagera, in the technical linguistic sense where mutually intelligible dialects are deemed to belong to a single language.
[11] Some words from the Turrbal / Yagara language include:[14][15][16][17] The literary journal Meanjin takes its name from the Turrbal name for the land centred at Gardens Point on which Brisbane was founded.