Yanda language

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Yanda
Native to Australia
Region"Karna–Mari fringe", Queensland
Ethnicity Yanda
Extinct (date missing) [1]
Pama–Nyungan
  • (unclassified, possibly Maric) [2] [3]
    • Guwa–Yanda
      • Yanda
Language codes
ISO 639-3 yda
Glottolog yand1251
AIATSIS [4] G9
ELP Yanda

Yanda is an extinct and nearly unattested Australian Aboriginal language of Queensland. It was apparently close to Guwa. [4]

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Phonology

Consonants

Peripheral Laminal Apical
Labial Velar Dental Palatal Alveolar Retroflex
Plosive p k t̪ c t ʈ
Nasal m ŋ n̪ ɲ n ɳ
Rhotic trill r
tap ɾ
Lateral l̪ ʎ l ɭ
Approximant w j ɻ

Vowels

Vowels are noted as a three-vowel system /i,a,u/. [5]

References

  1. ↑ Yanda at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ↑ RMW Dixon (2002), Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development, p xxxiii
  3. ↑ Bowern, Claire. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?", Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web, 23 December 2011 (corrected 6 February 2012)
  4. 1 2 G9 Yanda at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  5. ↑ Blake, Barry J.; Breen, Gavan (1990). Breen, Gavan (ed.). Yanda. Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University. pp. 145–148.{{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)
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