Yarli language
Pama–Nyungan language spoken in Australia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the South Australian lake known as Yarli, see Lake Albert.
Yarli (Yardli) was a dialect cluster of Australian Aboriginal languages spoken in northwestern New South Wales and into Northeastern South Australia individually Malyangapa (Maljangapa), Yardliyawara, and Wadikali (Wardikali, Wadigali). Bowern (2002) notes Karenggapa as part of the area, but there is little data.
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Yarli | |
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Region | Northwestern New South Wales |
Ethnicity | Malyangapa, Yardliyawara, Wadikali, Karenggapa |
Native speakers | possibly extinct; 2 speakers in 1987 (2004)[1] Malyangapa extinct 1976 with the death of Laurie Quayle. Wadikali extinct before that.[1] |
Pama–Nyungan
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ISO 639-3 | Variously:yxl – Yardliyawarrayga – Malyangapawdk – Wadikali (Malyangapa dialect) |
Glottolog | yarl1236 |
AIATSIS[2] | L8 Malyangapa, L7 Yardliyawara |
Yardli languages (green) among other Pama–Nyungan (tan) |
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Tindale (1940) groups Wanjiwalku & Karenggapa together with Wadikali & Maljangapa as the only languages in NSW that are behind the 'Rite of Circumcision' border - which suggests Wanjiwalku to also be part of the Yarli area.