Wanyi language

Wanyi
Waanji
Region	Northern Territory and Queensland, Australia
Extinct	Late 20th century.
Language family	Garrwan Wanyi
Language codes
ISO 639-3	wny
Glottolog	wany1247[1]
AIATSIS[2]	G23

Wanyi (also spelled Waanyi, Wanji, Waanji) is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language of the lower gulf area of Northern Queensland, Australia.

Words and phrases from this language are used by novelist Alexis Wright in her 2013 novel, The Swan Book.

External links

• The Waanyi Dictionary at the website of Waanyi Aboriginal Corporation (WAC).

References

1. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Wanyi". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
2. Wanyi at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies