Yukulta language

Yukulta
Ganggalida
RegionQueensland
EthnicityYukulta, Nguburinji
Native speakers
1 full speaker (2007)[1]
51-250 (2018-19)[2]
Dialects
  • Yukulta
  • Nguburindi†
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
gcd – Ganggalida
nny – Nyangga/Yangkaal (two different languages covered by [nny])
Glottologgang1267  Ganggalida
nyan1300  Yangkaal
AIATSIS[2]G34 Ganggalida, G19 Nguburinji
ELPGanggalida
Traditional lands of the Yukulta people
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The Yukulta language, also spelt Yugulda, Yokula, Yukala, Jugula, and Jakula, and also known as Ganggalidda (Kangkalita, Ganggalida), is a Tangkic language spoken in Queensland and Northern Territory, Australia. It was spoken by the Yukulta people, whose traditional lands lie on the southern coast of the Gulf of Carpentaria.[3]

Nguburinji (Ngubirindi) is regarded as a dialect of the same language, spoken by the Nguburinji people. It is now extinct.

  1. ^ Ganggalida at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Nyangga/Yangkaal (two different languages covered by [nny)] at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ a b G34 Ganggalida at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies  (see the info box for additional links)
  3. ^ Crump, Des (21 September 2020). "Language of the Week: Week Seventeen - Yukulta". State Library Of Queensland. Retrieved 14 December 2023.