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]
| Flinders Island | |
|---|---|
| Region | Flinders Island, Queensland |
| Ethnicity | Aba Yalgayi |
| Extinct | ca. 2000 |
Pama–Nyungan
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | fln |
| Glottolog | flin1247 |
| AIATSIS[2] | Y67 |
| ELP | Flinders Island |
One of the last known speakers of the language was Johnny Flinders.[3]
Names
editThe name Biyalgeyi have been used, but there is no evidence it refers to a language. Yalgawarra is a clan name.[2]
Notes
editCitations
edit- ^ 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
edit- 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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