Yirrk-Thangalkl | |
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Yirrk-Mel | |
Native to | Australia |
Region | Cape York Peninsula, Queensland |
Extinct | 2010s[1] |
Pama–Nyungan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | yrm |
Glottolog | None |
AIATSIS[2] | Y214 |
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.
During the early 1900s (decade), Yirrk-Thangalkl speakers started shifting to the Yir-Yoront dialect with the arrival of the Mitchell River Mission.[4]