Yanda language

Yanda
Native toAustralia
Region"Karna–Mari fringe", Queensland
EthnicityYanda
Extinct(date missing)[1]
Pama–Nyungan
Language codes
ISO 639-3yda
Glottologyand1251
AIATSIS[4]G9
ELPYanda

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 c t ʈ
Nasal m ŋ ɲ n ɳ
Rhotic trill r
tap ɾ
Lateral 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. ^ a b 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)