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Yalarnnga language

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Region
  
Queensland

ISO 639-3
  
ylr

AIATSIS
  
G8

Extinct
  
1980

Glottolog
  
yala1262

Language family
  
Pama–Nyungan Galgadungic? Yalarnnga

Yalarnnga (also Jalarnnga, Yalarrnnga, or Yalanga) is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language of the Pama–Nyungan family, that may be related to the Kalkatungu language. It was formerly spoken in areas near the town of Dajarra, in far northwestern Queensland. The last native speaker died in 1980.

References

Yalarnnga language Wikipedia