Yarli language facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Yarli
Region	Northwestern New South Wales
Ethnicity	Malyangapa, Yardliyawara, Wadikali, Karenggapa
Native speakers	possibly extinct; 2 speakers in 1987  (2004)e18 Malyangapa extinct 1976 with the death of Laurie Quayle. Wadikali extinct before that.
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Yarli
Dialects	Malyangapa Yardliyawarra
Writing system	Latin
AIATSIS	L8 Malyangapa, L7
Yardli languages (green) among other Pama–Nyungan (tan)

Yarli (Yardli) was a dialect cluster of Australian Aboriginal languages spoken in northwestern New South Wales and into Northeastern South Australia individually Malyangapa (Maljangapa), Yardliyawara, and Wadikali (Wardikali, Wadigali). Bowern (2002) notes Karenggapa as part of the area, but there is little data.

Classification

The three varieties are very close. Hercus & Austin (2004) classify them as the Yarli branch of the Pama–Nyungan family. Dixon (2002) regards the three as dialects of a single language. Bowern (2002) excludes them from the Karnic languages, where they had sometimes been classified.