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Yangkaal language
Australian Aboriginal language From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Yangkaal language was an Australian Aboriginal language, also known as Yanggaralda,[2] Janggal, Gananggalinda, Nemarang, among other names.[1] Geoffrey O'Grady grouped it as a variety of Yukulta within the Tangkic language family.[a] The implication was that "Yanggal" was simply an alternative name for "Njangga", which is an alternative ethnonym for the Yanyula (Yanyuwa), from which the word Yanggal may have derived.[4]
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Vocabulary
- bidinaŋga (man)
- magudaŋga (woman)
- ganda (father)
- ŋama (mother).[5]
Notes
- 'Tangkic Group Jakula-Njangga (Yanggal, Nyangga).'[3]
References
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