Yinggarda language
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Yinggarda is an Australian Aboriginal language
. It is one of the Kartu languages
of the large Southwest branch of the Pama–Nyungan family.
Yinggarda country is around Carnarvon
, on the central western coast of Western Australia, and extends inland to near Gascoyne Junction and south to around the mouth of the Wooramel River. A sketch grammar was written by Alan Dench, who has worked with some of the last speakers. The Yamaji Language Centre has been carrying out work on the Yinggarda language since 1993 and has collected materials for the eventual production of a small dictionary and a grammar.
'Yinggarda' has been spelled in a number of ways, some linguists (including Dench) writing it as 'Yingkarta'.
Australian Aboriginal languages
The Australian Aboriginal languages comprise several language families and isolates native to the Australian Aborigines of Australia and a few nearby islands, but by convention excluding the languages of Tasmania and the Torres Strait Islanders...
. It is one of the Kartu languages
Kartu languages
The Kartu languages is the name given by linguists to a group of Indigenous Australian languages spoken in the Murchison and Gascoyne regions of Western Australia which are thought to be closely related and to descend from a relatively recent common ancestor....
of the large Southwest branch of the Pama–Nyungan family.
Yinggarda country is around Carnarvon
Carnarvon, Western Australia
Carnarvon is a coastal town situated approximately 900 kilometres north of Perth, Western Australia. It lies at the mouth of the Gascoyne River on the Indian Ocean. The popular Shark Bay world heritage area lies to the south of the town and the Ningaloo Reef lies to the north...
, on the central western coast of Western Australia, and extends inland to near Gascoyne Junction and south to around the mouth of the Wooramel River. A sketch grammar was written by Alan Dench, who has worked with some of the last speakers. The Yamaji Language Centre has been carrying out work on the Yinggarda language since 1993 and has collected materials for the eventual production of a small dictionary and a grammar.
'Yinggarda' has been spelled in a number of ways, some linguists (including Dench) writing it as 'Yingkarta'.