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Yalarnnga language

Extinct Australian Aboriginal language From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Yalarnnga (also Jalarnnga, Jalanga, Yelina, Yellunga, Yellanga, Yalarrnnga, Yalanga or Yalluna[2]) is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language of the Pama–Nyungan language family, that may be related to the Kalkatungu language.[1][3] It was formerly spoken by the Yalarnnga people in areas near the Gulf of Carpentaria the towns of Dajarra and Cloncurry in far northwestern Queensland.[3][4] The last native speaker died in 1980.[5] It is a suffixing agglutinative language with no attested prefixes.[2]

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Classification

Yalarnnga is sometimes grouped with Kalkatungu as the Kalkatungic (Galgadungic) branch of the Pama–Nyungan family. O'Grady et al.,[6] however, classify Kalkatungu as the sole member of the "Kalkatungic group" of the Pama-Nyungan family, and Dixon (2002)[7] regards Kalkatungic as an areal group.

Vocabulary

Some words from the Yalarnnga language, as spelt and written by Yalarnnga authors include:[4][8]

  • Kuyungu mungatha: good day
  • Karlu / karlo: father
  • Mernoo: mother
  • Woothane: white man
  • Kathirr: grass
  • Karni: shoulder
  • Katyimpa: two
  • Kunyu: water
  • Karrkuru: yellowbelly (fish)
  • Monero: tame dog

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