Yanda language

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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]

References[edit]

  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, December 23, 2011 (corrected February 6, 2012)
  4. ^ a b G9 Yanda at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies