Yandruwandha language

Yandruwandha
Native to Australia
Region South Australia, Queensland
Extinct since 1973?[1]
Pama–Nyungan
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. 1.0 1.1 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. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Yandruwandhic". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.