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Yir-Yoront was a Paman language spoken in two settlements, Kowanyama and Pormpuraaw on the southwestern part of the Cape York Peninsula, Queensland in Australia, by the Yir-Yoront people.
The Yir-Yoront, also known as the Yir Yiront, are an Indigenous Australian people of the Cape York Peninsula now living mostly in Kowanyama ( kawn yamar or 'many waters') but also in Lirrqar/Pormpuraaw, both towns outside their traditional lands.
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The Yir-Yoront, also known as the Yir Yiront, are an Indigenous Australian people of the Cape York Peninsula now living mostly in Kowanyama ( kawn yamar or 'many waters') but also in Lirrqar/Pormpuraaw, both towns outside their traditional lands. Language. Yir-Yoront belongs to the Pama-Maric group of the Pama-Nyungan language family.
Yirrq+Yirront is a compound yirrq 'speech, language, group' and yorront, which has various interpretations, the most compelling from 'yorr' sand (of sandridges) and refers to people of the western (seaward) fringe of this country; an alternative name for this group and language is Yirr-Thuchm from thuch 'sandridge'.
The Yir Yoront speak a "Yir-" language related to the "Wik-" and "Koko-" Aboriginal languages of Australia. The Yir Yoront subsisted by hunting, fishing, and gathering shellfish and plant foods. Men hunted and fished, often in groups, while women gathered and maintained the camp.
Introduction. Yir-Yoront (hereafter YY) and the other languages of its area (central to southwestern Cape York Peninsula, Australia) feature a high frequency of ideophones in ordinary and mythic narrative.
