Yinhawangka language

Extinct language of Western Australia

Yinhawangka
Ngarla
Native toWestern Australia
RegionPilbara
EthnicityInawongga, Ninanu, Ngarlawangga (Ngarla)
Extinct(date missing)
12 self-reported (2021 census)[1]
Language family
Pama–Nyungan
  • Ngayarda
    • Yinhawangka
Language codes
ISO 639-3ywg
Glottologyinh1234
AIATSIS[2]A48
ELPYinhawangka

Yinhawangka (Inawangga) is a Pama–Nyungan language of Western Australia. Dench (1995) believed there was insufficient data to enable it to be confidently classified, but Bowern & Koch (2004) include it among the Ngayarda languages without proviso.[3]

See also

  • Ngarla language

References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021). "Cultural diversity: Census". Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  2. ^ A48 Yinhawangka at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  3. ^ Bowern & Koch (2004) Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method
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