Native to Australia Dialects ? Maya | Native speakers 2 (2005) ISO 639-3 yia | |
Region Gascoyne coast area of Western Australia; Shark Bay coast between Gascoyne and Wooramel rivers, inland to Red Hill, West Pilbara. Language family Pama–Nyungan
Southwest (Kartu?)
Yinggarda | ||
Yinggarda (Yingkarta, Inggarda) is an Australian Aboriginal language.
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Name
'Yinggarda' has been spelled in a number of ways, some linguists (including Dench) writing it as 'Yingkarta'.
Classification
It is one of the Kartu languages of the Pama–Nyungan family. Scarcely attested Maya (Maia) may be a dialect.
History
Yinggarda country is around Carnarvon, on the central western coast of Western Australia, and extends inland to near Gascoyne Junction and south to around the mouth of the Wooramel River. A sketch grammar was written by Alan Dench, who has worked with some of the last speakers. The Yamaji Language Centre has been carrying out work on the Yinggarda language since 1993 and has collected materials for the eventual production of a small dictionary and a grammar.
References
Yinggarda language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA