Extinct Pama–Nyungan language of Australia
Yandruwandha |
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Native to | Australia |
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Region | South Australia, Queensland |
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Ethnicity | Yandruwandha people, Yawarrawarrka |
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Extinct | since 1973?[1] |
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Dialects | - Yandruwanhdha
- Yawarrawarrka
- Nhirrpi
- Parlpa-Mardramardra
- Matja[2]
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Language codes |
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ISO 639-3 | Variously:
ynd – Yandruwandha
yww – Yawarawarga
hrp – Nhirrpi |
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Glottolog | yand1252 Yandruwandhic |
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AIATSIS[1] | L18 |
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ELP | Yandruwandha |
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| Yawarrawarrka[3] |
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| Nhirrpi[4] |
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Yandruwandha is an Australian Aboriginal language of the Pama–Nyungan family. Yawarawarga is considered a dialect by Dixon (2002), a closely related language by Bowern (2001). It is also known as Yawarrawarrka, Yawarawarka, Yawarawarga, Yawarawarka, Jauraworka, and Jawarawarka).
The traditional language region includes Far Western Queensland around the local government area of the Shire of Diamantina extending into the Outback Communities Authority of South Australia towards Innamincka.[5]
Phonology
Consonants
- Lateral sounds /l̪, l, ɭ/ can also be heard as prestopped [ᵈ̪l̪, ᵈl, ɖɭ] when occurring after a stressed vowel.
Vowels
References
Work cited
- Breen, Gavan (2015). Innamincka talk: a grammar of the Innamincka dialect of Yandruwandha with notes on other dialects. ANU Press.
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