Kayardild language

Kayardild
Kayardild
Kaiadilt
Region	South Wellesley Islands, north west Queensland, Australia
Ethnicity	Kaiadilt, Yanggal
Native speakers	43 (2021 census)
Language family	Macro-Pama–Nyungan? Tangkic Kayardild; ;
Dialects	Kayardild; Yangkaal †;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; gyd – Kayardild; nny – Yangkaal/Nyangga (two different languages)
Glottolog	kaya1318
AIATSIS	G35 Kayardild, G37 Yangkaal
ELP	Kayardild
	Yangkaal
	Kayardild Traditional area
	Kayardild is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Kayardild is a moribund Tangkic language spoken by 43 of the Kaiadilt on the South Wellesley Islands, north west Queensland, Australia. Other members of the family include Yangkaal (spoken by the Yangkaal people), Lardil, and Yukulta (Ganggalidda).

Kayardild is a critically endangered language, considered near-extinct.^[4] In 1981, there were around fifty native speakers of Kayardild. The number of speakers of Kayardild significantly reduced since the 1940s as a result of the stolen generations.^[5] By 1981, there were fifty known native speakers.^[5] In the 2016 census, there were eight,^[6] and this number increased to 43 in 2021.^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c G35 Kayardild at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (see the info box for additional links)
^ Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge University Press. p. xxxix. ISBN 0521473780.
^ Endangered Languages Project data for Yangkaal.
^ "Kayardild". Glottolog 5.0. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
^ ^a ^b Wuethrich, Bernice (2000). "Learning the World's Languages: Before They Vanish". Science. 288 (5469): 1156–1159. ISSN 0036-8075.
^ "Census 2016, Language spoken at home by Sex (SA2+)". stat.data.abs.gov.au. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 29 October 2017.

[AIATSIS-1] G35 Kayardild at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (see the info box for additional links)

[2] Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge University Press. p. xxxix. ISBN 0521473780.

[ELP2-3] Endangered Languages Project data for Yangkaal.

[4] "Kayardild". Glottolog 5.0. Retrieved 16 May 2024.

[:0-5] Wuethrich, Bernice (2000). "Learning the World's Languages: Before They Vanish". Science. 288 (5469): 1156–1159. ISSN 0036-8075.

[census-6] "Census 2016, Language spoken at home by Sex (SA2+)". stat.data.abs.gov.au. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 29 October 2017.

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