| Yinwum | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Cape York Peninsula, Queensland |
| Ethnicity | Yinwum, ?Nyuwathayi |
| Extinct | By 1960s[1] |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | yxm |
| Glottolog | yinw1236 |
| AIATSIS[2] | Y29 |
Yinwum is an extinct Paman language formerly spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia, by the Yinwum people. It is unknown when it became extinct.[3] Historically, it underwent some unusual phonological changes that are difficult to classify and understand in phonetic terms.
- ^ Yinwum at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Y29 Yinwum at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ^ Ernst Kausen (2005). "Australische Sprachen".
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