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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Dialects |
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Latin | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Variously: yxl – Yardliyawarra yga – Malyangapa wdk – Wadikali (Malyangapa dialect) |
Glottolog | yarl1236 |
AIATSIS [2] | L8 Malyangapa, L7 Yardliyawara |
![]() Yardli languages (green) among other Pama–Nyungan (tan) |
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.
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.
The three varieties are very close. Hercus & Austin (2004) classify them as the Yarli branch of the Pama–Nyungan family. Dixon (2002) regards the three as dialects of a single language. Bowern (2002) excludes them from the Karnic languages, where they had sometimes been classified.
The following are the sounds in the Malyangapa dialect:
Peripheral | Laminal | Apical | ||||
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Labial | Velar | Dental | Palatal | Alveolar | Retroflex | |
Plosive | p | k | t̪ | c | t | ʈ |
Nasal | m | ŋ | n̪ | ɲ | n | ɳ |
Lateral | ʎ | l | ɭ | |||
Rhotic | r | |||||
Approximant | w | j | ɻ |
Front | Central | Back | |
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High | i iː | u uː | |
Low | a aː |