Yinjibarndi language

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Yinjibarndi is a Pama-Nyungan language of Western Australia.

Yinjibarndi is mutually intelligible with Kurrama, but the two are considered distinct languages by their speakers.

[edit] Classification

Yindjibarndi is classified as a member of the Ngayarta or Ngayarda subgroup of the South-West Pama-Nyungan languages. Under Carl Georg von Brandenstein's 1967 classification, Yindjibarndi was classed as an Inland Ngayarda language, but the separation of the Ngayarda languages into Coastal and Inland groups is no longer considered valid.

South-West Pama-Nyungan	Ngayarta Palyku Panyjima Ngarla Nyamal Jurruru Yinhawangka Ngarluma Kariyarra Martuthunira Nhuwala Yindjibarndi Kurrama Kanyara languages Mantharta languages Kartu languages Nyunga languages Mirniny languages Wati languages Marrngu languages Ngumpin languages Nannga languages Yura languages

v • d • e Ngayarda languages Palyku · Panyjima · Ngarla · Nyamal · Jurruru† · Yinhawangka · Ngarluma and Kariyarra · Martuthunira† · Nhuwala† · Yinjibarndi and Kurrama