Yaygir language

Yaygir
Native to Australia
Region New South Wales
Extinct two speakers in 1929[1]
Dialects
Yaegl (around mouth of the Clarence)
Yirraygirr (upriver of Maclean)
Yunggaya (around Ulmarra)
Language codes
ISO 639-3 xya
Glottolog yayg1236[2]
AIATSIS[3] E10

Yaygir (also spelt Yaygirr or Yegir) is an extinct aboriginal Australian language. It was spoken in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales.

There are currently attempts to revitalise the language, including the publication of a dictionary in 2012.[4]

References

  1. Muurrbay Aboriginal Language and Culture Co-op. "Yaygirr Language Revitalisation". Retrieved 5 August 2012.
  2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Yaygir". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  3. Yaygir at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  4. Morelli, Steve (2012). Yaygirr Dictionary and Grammar. Nambucca Heads: Muurrbay. Retrieved July 31, 2012.


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