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   Language. Yir-Yoront belongs to the Pama-Maric group of the Pama-Nyungan language family. Etymologically their language and the ethnonym derived from it are composed of yirrq (speech) and yorront.

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   Yirrk-Thangalkl (Yir Thangedl) is a dialect of Yir-Yoront, a Paman language spoken on the southwestern part of the Cape York Peninsula, Queensland in Australia, by the Yirrk-Thangalkl people. The language is also known as Yirr-Thangell and Yirrk-Mel .

   • Extinct: 2010s

   • Native to: Australia

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   What language did the Yir Yoront speak?

   • 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.

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   Who are the Yir Yoront?

   • ETHNONYMS: Jirjoront, Koko Manjoen, Kokomindjan, Koka-mungin The Yir Yoront (Yir-Yoront) are an Australian Aboriginal people whose traditional territory and current reserve are centered at 141 ° 45 ′ E and 15 ° 20 ′ S along the Gulf of Carpentaria coast of the Cape York Peninsula in Queensland.

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   Did Yir Yoront live in Australia?

   • Although some Yir Yoront moved south and settled at the mission, and various products of European manufacture were used by all Yir Yoront, much of the traditional culture survived into the 1940s. The Yir Yoront speak a "Yir-" language related to the "Wik-" and "Koko-" Aboriginal languages of Australia.

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   What does yirrq+yirront mean?

   • 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'.

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   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.

6. kids.kiddle.co › Yir-Yoront_languageYir-Yoront language Facts for Kids - Kids encyclopedia

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   Sign language. Main page: Australian Aboriginal sign languages. The Yir Yoront have (or had) a well-developed signed form of their language. It may have had some influence in the broader Far North Queensland Indigenous Sign Language, though it may have gone extinct too early for that. See also. In Spanish: Idioma yir yoront para niños.

7. collection.aiatsis.gov.au › austlang › languageY72: Yir Yoront | AIATSIS Collection

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   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'.