Yalarnnga language
Yalarnnga is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language of the Pama–Nyungan language family, that may be related to the Kalkatungu language. It was formerly spoken by the Yalarnnga people in areas near the Gulf of Carpentaria the towns of Dajarra and Cloncurry in far northwestern Queensland. The last native speaker died in 1980. It is a suffixing agglutinative language with no attested prefixes.
Classification
Yalarnnga is sometimes grouped with Kalkatungu as the Kalkatungic branch of the Pama–Nyungan family. O'Grady et al., however, classify Kalkatungu as the sole member of the "Kalkatungic group" of the Pama-Nyungan family, and Dixon regards Kalkatungic as an areal group.Phonology
Vowels
| Phoneme/Sound | Allophones | Notes |
| in unstressed or lax positions | ||
| as a realization of the sequence | ||
| elsewhere | ||
| in unstressed or lax positions | ||
| when within the position of palatal sounds | ||
| when stressed and preceded by peripheral consonants | ||
| when stressed and preceded by | ||
| elsewhere | ||
| when within the position of palatal sounds | ||
| in unstressed or lax positions | ||
| occasionally in word-final positions | ||
| elsewhere |