Yandruwandha language

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).

Yandruwandha
Native toAustralia
RegionSouth Australia, Queensland
EthnicityYandruwandha people, Yawarrawarrka
Extinctsince 1973?[1]
Dialects
  • Yandruwanhdha
  • Yawarrawarrka
  • Nhirrpi
  • Parlpa-Mardramardra
  • Matja[2]
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
ynd – Yandruwandha
yww – Yawarawarga
hrp – Nhirrpi
Glottologyand1252  Yandruwandhic
AIATSIS[1]L18
ELPYandruwandha[3]

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.[4]

References
  1. L18 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. Endangered Languages Project data for Yandruwandha.
  4. This Wikipedia article incorporates CC-BY-4.0 licensed text from: "Yawarrawarrka". Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map. State Library of Queensland. Retrieved 30 January 2020.


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