Yarli | |
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Region | Northwestern New South Wales. |
Native speakers
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possibly extinct; 2 speakers in 1987 (2004) Malyangapa extinct 1976 with the death of Laurie Quayle. Wadikali extinct before that. |
Pama–Nyungan
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Dialects |
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Latin | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Variously: yxl – Yardliyawarra yga – Malyangapa wdk – Wadikali (Malyangapa dialect) |
Glottolog | yarl1236 |
AIATSIS |
L8 Malyangapa, L7 Yardliyawara |
Yardli languages (green) among other Pama–Nyungan (tan)
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Yarli (Yardli) was a dialect cluster of Australian Aboriginal languages spoken in northwestern New South Wales, individually Malyangapa (Maljangapa), Yardliyawarra, and Wadikali (Wardikali, Wadigali). Bowern (2002) notes Karenggapa as part of the area, but there is little data.
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.