Kayardild language
| Kayardild | |
|---|---|
| Region | South Wellesley Islands, north west Queensland, Australia |
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Native speakers
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8 (2005) to 25 (2006 census) |
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Macro-Pama–Nyungan
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| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either: gyd – Kayardild nny – Yangkaal/Nyangga (two different languages) |
| Glottolog | kaya1318 |
| AIATSIS |
G35 Kayardild, G37 Yangkaal |
Kayardild is a Tangkic language spoken by the Kaiadilt on the South Wellesley Islands, north west Queensland, Australia, with fewer than ten fluent speakers remaining. Other members of the family include Lardil, Yukulta (Ganggalida) and Yangkaal. It is famous for its many unusual case phenomena, including case stacking of up to four levels, the use of clause-level case to signal interclausal relations and pragmatic factors, and another set of 'verbal case' endings which convert their hosts from nouns into verbs morphologically.
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