Yalarnnga | |
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Region | Queensland |
Ethnicity | Yalarnnga |
Extinct | 1980 |
Pama–Nyungan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
ylr |
Glottolog |
yala1262 |
AIATSIS [1] |
G8 |
ELP | Yalarnnga |
Yalarnnga (also Jalarnnga, Jalanga, Yelina, Yellunga, Yellanga, Yalarrnnga, Yalanga or Yalluna [2]) is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language of the Pama–Nyungan language family, that may be related to the Kalkatungu language. [1] [3] It was formerly spoken by the Yalarnnga people in areas near the Gulf of Carpentaria the towns of Dajarra and Cloncurry in far northwestern Queensland. [3] [4] The last native speaker died in 1980. [5] It is a suffixing agglutinative language with no attested prefixes. [2]
Yalarnnga is sometimes grouped with Kalkatungu as the Kalkatungic (Galgadungic) branch of the Pama–Nyungan family. O'Grady et al., [6] however, classify Kalkatungu as the sole member of the "Kalkatungic group" of the Pama-Nyungan family, and Dixon (2002) [7] regards Kalkatungic as an areal group.
Some words from the Yalarnnga language, as spelt and written by Yalarnnga authors include: [4] [8]
Yalarnnga | |
---|---|
Region | Queensland |
Ethnicity | Yalarnnga |
Extinct | 1980 |
Pama–Nyungan
| |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
ylr |
Glottolog |
yala1262 |
AIATSIS [1] |
G8 |
ELP | Yalarnnga |
Yalarnnga (also Jalarnnga, Jalanga, Yelina, Yellunga, Yellanga, Yalarrnnga, Yalanga or Yalluna [2]) is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language of the Pama–Nyungan language family, that may be related to the Kalkatungu language. [1] [3] It was formerly spoken by the Yalarnnga people in areas near the Gulf of Carpentaria the towns of Dajarra and Cloncurry in far northwestern Queensland. [3] [4] The last native speaker died in 1980. [5] It is a suffixing agglutinative language with no attested prefixes. [2]
Yalarnnga is sometimes grouped with Kalkatungu as the Kalkatungic (Galgadungic) branch of the Pama–Nyungan family. O'Grady et al., [6] however, classify Kalkatungu as the sole member of the "Kalkatungic group" of the Pama-Nyungan family, and Dixon (2002) [7] regards Kalkatungic as an areal group.
Some words from the Yalarnnga language, as spelt and written by Yalarnnga authors include: [4] [8]