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Maljangapa language

Yarli
Region Northwestern New South Wales.
Native speakers
possibly extinct; 2 speakers in 1987 (2004)
Malyangapa extinct 1976 with the death of Laurie Quayle. Wadikali extinct before that.
Dialects
  • Malyangapa
  • Yardliyawarra
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Variously:
 – Yardliyawarra
 – Malyangapa
 – Wadikali (Malyangapa dialect)
Glottolog yarl1236
AIATSIS L8 Malyangapa, L7 Yardliyawara
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Yardli languages (green) among other Pama–Nyungan (tan)

Yarli (Yardli) was a dialect cluster of Australian Aboriginal languages spoken in northwestern New South Wales, individually Malyangapa (Maljangapa), Yardliyawara, and 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.

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.



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