Yanda language

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Yanda
Native to Australia
Region "Karna–Mari fringe", Queensland
Extinct (date missing)
Pama–Nyungan
Language codes
ISO 639-3 yda
AIATSIS[3] G9

Yanda is an extinct and nearly unattested Australian Aboriginal language of Queensland. It was apparently close to Guwa.[3]

References

  1. RMW Dixon (2002), Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development, p xxxiii
  2. Bowern, Claire. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?", Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web, December 23, 2011 (corrected February 6, 2012)
  3. 3.0 3.1 Yanda at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies


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