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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
RegionFlinders Island, Queensland
EthnicityAba Yalgayi
Extinctca. 2000
Language family
Pama–Nyungan
  • Paman[1]
    • North Cape York
      • Wik
        • Flinders Island
Language codes
ISO 639-3fln
Glottologflin1247
AIATSIS[2]Y67
ELPFlinders Island

One of the last known speakers of the language was Johnny Flinders.[3]


Names


The name Biyalgeyi have been used, but there is no evidence it refers to a language. Yalgawarra is a clan name.[2]


Notes



    Citations


    1. Bowern, Claire. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?", Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web, 23 December 2011 (corrected 6 February 2012)
    2. Y67 Flinders Island at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
    3. Langton 2012, p. 179.

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