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Yanyuwa

A language of Australia

ISO 639-3: jao

Population	52 (1996 census). Ethnic population: 113 (2000 WCD).
Region	Queensland, Borroloola, Northern Territory, Doomadgee.
Language map	Northern Australia
Alternate names	Aniula, Anula, Anyula, Janjula, Leeanuwa, Wadiri, Yanula, Yanyula
Classification	Australian, Pama-Nyungan, Yanyuwan
Language use	Intermarry with Garawa [gbc] or Mara [mec]. Wives learn the husband’s language but use their own with members of their own group. Children usually speak the mother’s language, but boys at puberty learn and then speak the father’s language. Also use Kriol [rop], English, or Garawa.
Language development	Bible portions: 1980.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	SVO. Hunter-gatherers traditionally.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

CHARLIE, Bella; KIRTON, Jean F., authors. 1978. "Seven articulatory positions in Yanyuwa consonants."

CHARLIE, Bella; KIRTON, Jean F., authors. 1996. Further aspects of the grammar of Yanyuwa, northern Australia.

HUTTAR, George L.; KIRTON, Jean F., authors. 1981. "Contrasts in Yanyuwa consonants."

KERR, Harland B., author. 1964. "Comparison of Anyula base pronouns with Burera, Maung, and Wik-Munkan."

KERR, Harland B.; PITTMAN, Richard S., editors. 1964. Papers on the languages of the Australian Aborigines.

KIRTON, Jean F., author. 1964. "Anyula person [sic] pronouns."

KIRTON, Jean F., author. 1967. "Anyula phonology."

KIRTON, Jean F., author. 1970. "Twelve pronominal sets in Yanyula."

KIRTON, Jean F., author. 1971. "Complexities of Yanyula nouns: Interrelationship of linguistics and anthropology."

KIRTON, Jean F., author. 1971. "Yanyula noun modifiers."

KIRTON, Jean F., author. 1976. "Yanyuwa nominative and ergative-allative cases."

KIRTON, Jean F., author. 1978. "Yanyuwa verbs."

KIRTON, Jean F., author. 1988. "Men’s and women’s dialect."

KIRTON, Jean F., author. 1988. Yanyuwa, a dying language.

KIRTON, Jean F.; TIMOTHY, Nero, authors. 1977. "Yanyuwa concepts relating to ‘skin’."

KIRTON, Jean F.; TIMOTHY, Nero, authors. 1982. Some thoughts on Yanyuwa language and culture.

MACDONALD, Elfreda, author. 1964. "Notes on the noun classes of Anyula."

Vernacular Publications

A-barral kulu nya-mirningiya; A-barral kulu mirningiya. 1982.

Kiya-arri nya-ardu ngamala; Ka-arri ardu ngamala. 1982.

Wunyatha kirna-barlirra/Bukaka yabinjuwali. 1984.