Flinders Island language explained

Flinders Island
Extinct:	ca. 2000
Familycolor:	Australian
Fam2:	Paman^[1]
Iso3:	fln
Glotto:	flin1247
Glottorefname:	Flinders Island
Aiatsis:	Y67

Flinders Island is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language spoken off the coast of Queensland, Australia. It is unconfirmed as a distinct language. The inhabitants of the island were the Aba Yalgayi.

One of the last known speakers of the language was Johnny Flinders.

Names

The name Biyalgeyi have been used, but there is no evidence it refers to a language. Yalgawarra is a clan name.

Notes

Citations

Sources

• Book: Langton, Marcia . The Diaspora and the Return: History and Memorty in Cape York Peninsula, Australia . Anthropologists, Indigenous Scholars and the Research Endeavour: Seeking Bridges Towards Mutual Respect . Hendry . Joy . Fitznor . Laara . 2012 . Routledge . 171–184 . https://books.google.com/books?id=KNiEhe3AlS0C&pg=PA179 . 978-1-136-33115-2 .

Notes and References

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