Flinders Island language

Flinders Island
Flinders Island
Region	Flinders Island, Queensland
Ethnicity
Extinct	ca. 2000
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Paman North Cape York Wik Flinders Island; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	fln
Glottolog	flin1247
AIATSIS	Y67
ELP	Flinders Island

Flinders Island is an extinct Australian aboriginal language spoken off the coast of Queensland, Australia. It's unconfirmed as a distinct language. The inhabitants of the island were the .^[2]

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[]

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

Sources[]

Langton, Marcia (2012). "The Diaspora and the Return: History and Memorty in Cape York Peninsula, Australia". In Hendry, Joy; Fitznor, Laara (eds.). Anthropologists, Indigenous Scholars and the Research Endeavour: Seeking Bridges Towards Mutual Respect. Routledge. pp. 171–184. ISBN 978-1-136-33115-2.

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[1] Bowern, Claire. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?", Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web, 23 December 2011 (corrected 6 February 2012)

[AIATSIS-2] Y67 Flinders Island at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

[FOOTNOTELangton2012179-3] Langton 2012, p. 179.

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