Ayabadhu language

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Ayabadhu
Native toAustralia
RegionCape York Peninsula, Queensland; north of Coleman River, south of Coen.
EthnicityAyapathu, Yintyingka
Extinct(date missing)
Language codes
ISO 639-3ayd
Glottologayab1239
AIATSIS[1]Y60
ELPAyapathu

Ayabadhu (Ayapathu), or Badhu, is an extinct Australian aboriginal language of the Paman family spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia.[2]

The name Yintjinggu/Jintjingga has been used for both Ayabadhu and the neighboring Umbindhamu language.

References[]

  1. ^ Y60 Ayabadhu at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  2. ^ Verstraete, Jean-Christophe & Rigsby, Bruce (2015). A Grammar and Lexicon of Yintyingka. Walter de Gruyter. p. 17. ISBN 978-1-5015-0071-8.


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