Yirrk-Thangalkl (Yir Thangedl) is a dialect of Yir-Yoront,[3] a Paman language spoken on the southwestern part of the Cape York Peninsula, Queensland in Australia, by the Yirrk-Thangalkl people. The language is also known as Yirr-Thangell and Yirrk-Mel.
| Yirrk-Thangalkl | |
|---|---|
| Yirrk-Mel | |
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Cape York Peninsula, Queensland |
| Extinct | 2010s[1] |
Pama–Nyungan
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | yrm |
| Glottolog | None |
| AIATSIS[2] | Y214 |
During the early 1900s (decade), Yirrk-Thangalkl speakers started shifting to the Yir-Yoront dialect with the arrival of the Mitchell River Mission.[4]
Phonology
editConsonants
editYirrk-Thangalkl has 16 consonants. The inventory is the same as that of Yir-Yoront, except that Yirrk-Thangalkl lacks the retroflex and glottal consonants /ʈ/, /ɳ/, /ɭ / and /ʔ/.[citation needed]
| Peripheral | Laminal | Apical | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilabial | Velar | Postalveolar /Palatal |
Dental | Alveolar | |
| Nasal | m /m/ | ng /ŋ/ | ny /ɲ/ | nh /n̪/ | n /n/ |
| Plosive | p /p/ | k /k/ | th /t̪/ | t /t/ | |
| Affricate | ch /t͡ʃ/ | ||||
| Trill | rr /r/ | ||||
| Tap | r /ɾ/ | ||||
| Approximant | w /w/ | y /j/ | lh /l̪/ | l /l/ | |
References
edit- ^ Yirrk-Thangalkl at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Y214 Yirrk-Thangalkl at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ^ RMW Dixon (2002), Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development, p xxxii
- ^ Alpher, Barry (1991). Yir-Yoront lexicon: Sketch and dictionary of an Australian language.
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