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