Yarli language


Yarli was a dialect cluster of Australian Aboriginal languages spoken in northwestern New South Wales and into Northeastern South Australia individually Malyangapa, Yardliyawara, and Wadikali. Bowern notes Karenggapa as part of the area, but there is little data.
Tindale groups Wanjiwalku & Karenggapa together with Wadikali & Maljangapa as the only languages in NSW that are behind the 'Rite of Circumcision' border - which suggests Wanjiwalku to also be part of the Yarli area.

Classification

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

Phonology

The following are the sounds in the Malyangapa dialect:

Consonants

Vowels