Yandruwandha language

Yandruwandha
Native to Australia
Region South Australia, Queensland
Extinct since 1973?[1]
Dialects
  • Yandruwanhdha
  • Yawarrawarrka
  • Nhirrpi
  • Parlpa-Mardramardra
  • Matja[2]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Variously:
ynd – Yandruwandha
yww – Yawarawarga
hrp – Nhirrpi
Glottolog yand1252  (Yandruwandhic)[3]
AIATSIS[1] L18

Yandruwandha is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language of the Pama–Nyungan family. Yawarawarga is considered a dialect by Dixon (2002), a closely related language by Bowern (2001).

References

  1. 1 2 Yandruwandha at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  2. ↑ RMW Dixon (2002), Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development, p xxxvii
  3. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Yandruwandhic". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.


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