Yarli language
| Yarli | |
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| Region | Northwestern Wadikali, Karenggapa |
Native speakers | possibly extinct; 2 speakers in 1987 (2004)[1] Malyangapa extinct 1976 with the death of Laurie Quayle. Wadikali extinct before that.[1] |
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| Dialects |
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| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:yxl – Yardliyawarrayga – Malyangapawdk – Wadikali (Malyangapa dialect) |
| Glottolog | yarl1236 |
| AIATSIS[2] | L8 Malyangapa, L7 Yardliyawara |
 Yardli languages (green) among other Pama–Nyungan (tan) | |
Yarli (Yardli) was a dialect cluster of
Wadikali (Wardikali, Wadigali). Bowern (2002) notes Karenggapa
as part of the area, but there is little data.
Tindale (1940) groups Wanjiwalku & Karenggapa together with Wadikali & Maljangapa as the only languages in NSW that are behind the 'Rite of Circumcision' border - which suggests Wanjiwalku to also be part of the Yarli area.
Classification
The three varieties are very close. Hercus & Austin (2004) classify them as the Yarli branch of the Pama–Nyungan family. Dixon (2002) regards the three as dialects of a single language. Bowern (2002) excludes them from the Karnic languages, where they had sometimes been classified.
References
- ^ a b Yardliyawarra at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Malyangapa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Wadikali (Malyangapa dialect) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) - ^ L8 Malyangapa at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (see the info box for additional links)
- Dixon, R. M. W.(2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. xxxvii.
- Hercus, Luise; Austin, Peter (2004). "The Yarli Languages". In Claire Bowern and Harold Koch (ed.). Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company. pp. 207–222.
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