Flinders Island language
(Redirected from Yalgawarra language)
| Flinders Island | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Flinders Island, Queensland |
| Ethnicity | Aba Yalgayi |
| Extinct | c. 2000 |
Pama–Nyungan
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | fln |
| Glottolog | flin1247 |
| AIATSIS[2] | Y67 |
| ELP | Lua error in Module:Endangered_Languages_Project at line 21: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
The Flinders Island language is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language spoken on Flinders Island off the coast of Queensland, Australia. It is unconfirmed as a distinct language. The inhabitants of the island were the Aba Yalgayi.[2] There were 3 speakers reported in 1981.[3]
One of the last known speakers of the language was Johnny Flinders.[4]
Names
[edit | edit source]The name Biyalgeyi have been used, but there is no evidence it refers to a language. Yalgawarra is a clan name.[2]
Notes
[edit | edit source]Citations
[edit | edit source]- ^ Bowern, Claire. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?", Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web, 23 December 2011 (corrected 6 February 2012)
- ^ a b c Y67 Flinders Island at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Langton 2012, p. 179.
Sources
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