Yanda language
| Yanda | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | "Karna–Mari fringe", Queensland |
| Ethnicity | Yanda |
| Extinct | (date missing)[1] |
| 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]
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
- ^ Yanda at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ RMW Dixon (2002), Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development, p xxxiii
- ^ 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 G9 Yanda at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ^ Blake, Barry J.; Breen, Gavan (1990). Breen, Gavan (ed.). Yanda. Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University. pp. 145–148.
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