| Yirrk-Thangalkl | |
| Also Known As: | Yirrk-Mel |
| States: | Australia |
| Region: | Cape York Peninsula, Queensland |
| Extinct: | 2010s |
| Ref: | e25 |
| Familycolor: | Australian |
| Fam1: | Pama–Nyungan |
| Fam2: | Paman |
| Fam3: | Southwestern |
| Fam4: | Coastal |
| Fam5: | Yir-Yoront |
| Iso3: | yrm |
| Glotto: | none |
| Aiatsis: | Y214 |
| Notice: | IPA |
Yirrk-Thangalkl (Yir Thangedl) is a dialect of Yir-Yoront,[1] 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.[2]
Yirrk-Thangalkl has 16 consonants. The inventory is the same as that of Yir-Yoront, except that Yirrk-Thangalkl lacks the retroflex and glottal consonants pronounced as //ʈ/, /ɳ/, /ɭ // and pronounced as //ʔ//.
| Peripheral | Laminal | Apical | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilabial | Velar | Postalveolar /Palatal | Dental | Alveolar | ||
| Nasal | m /m/ | ng /ŋ/ | ny /ɲ/ | nh /n̪/ | n /n/ | |
| Plosive | p /p/ | k /k/ | th /t̪/ | t /t/ | ||
| Affricate | ch /t͡ʃ/ | |||||
| Trill | rr /r/ | |||||
| Tap | r /ɾ/ | |||||
| Approximant | w /w/ | y /j/ | lh /l̪/ | l /l/ | ||