Flinders Island | |
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Region | Flinders Island, Queensland |
Ethnicity | Aba Yalgayi |
Extinct | ca. 2000 |
Pama–Nyungan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | fln |
Glottolog | flin1247 |
AIATSIS[2] | Y67 |
ELP | Flinders Island |
Flinders Island is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language spoken off the coast of Queensland, Australia. It is unconfirmed as a distinct language. The inhabitants of the island were the Aba Yalgayi.[2]
One of the last known speakers of the language was Johnny Flinders.[3]
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Names
The name Biyalgeyi have been used, but there is no evidence it refers to a language. Yalgawarra is a clan name.[2]
Notes
Citations
- ^ Bowern, Claire. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?", Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web, 23 December 2011 (corrected 6 February 2012)
- ^ a b c Y67 Flinders Island at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ^ Langton 2012, p. 179.
Sources
- Langton, Marcia (2012). "The Diaspora and the Return: History and Memorty in Cape York Peninsula, Australia". In Hendry, Joy; Fitznor, Laara (eds.). Anthropologists, Indigenous Scholars and the Research Endeavour: Seeking Bridges Towards Mutual Respect. Routledge. pp. 171–184. ISBN 978-1-136-33115-2.
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