Yir-Yoront language

Yir-Yoront language
Yir-Yoront
Spoken in Australia
Region Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Ethnicity Yir-Yoront
Native speakers 15  (1991)
Language family
Pama–Nyungan
  • Paman
    • Western
      • Coastal
        • Yir
          • Yir-Yoront
Language codes
ISO 639-3 yiy
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Yir-Yoront is 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. As of 1991 only 15 speakers remain,[1] with the rest of the Yir-Yoront people speaking English or even Kuuk Thaayorre as many speakers of Yir-Yoront apparently are using Kuuk Thaayorre in daily conversation.[2] Together with Yirrk-Thangalkl it forms the group of Yir languages.

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Names

Yir-Yoront is written hyphenated as a way of indicating that the syllable following the hyphen is stressed. In the standard orthography, it is correctly spelled Yirr-Yorront, with "rr" representing the consonant /r/. There is a valid alternative pronunciation with stress on the first syllable; this can be written YirrqYorront. Other spellings encountered include Yir Yoront and Jir Joront.

Other names for the language include:

  • Yirr-Thuchm: Meaning "from the sandridges"
  • Kok-Minychen: The name of the Yir-Yoront in the Koko-Bera language
    • Koko-Minychena: Alternative spelling
    • Kokomindjen: Alternative spelling
    • Mandjoen: Alternative spelling
    • Mind'jana: Alternative spelling
    • Mundjun: Alternative spelling
    • Myunduno: Alternative spelling
  • Kuuk-Thaanhon: The name of the Yir-Yoront in the Kuuk Thaayorre language
  • Gwandera: A name incorrectly applied to the Yir-Yoront people and their language
  • Millera: No source available

Phonology

Vowels

Yir-Yoront has 6 vowels:

Front Central Back
Unrounded Unrounded Rounded
Close i u
Close-mid e o
Mid ə
Open a

Consonants

Yir-Yoront has 20 consonants:

Bilabial Dental Alveolar Postalveolar Retroflex Palatal Velar Glottal
Plosive p /p/ th /t̪/ t /t/ rt /ʈ/ k /k/ q /ʔ/
Nasal m /m/ nh /n̪/ n /n/ rn /ɳ/ ny /ɲ/ ng /ŋ/
Affricate ch /t͡ʃ/
Trill rr /r/
Tap r /ɾ/
Approximant lh /l̪/ l /l/ rl /ɭ/ y /j/ w /w/

Sign

The Yir Yoront had a developed sign form of their language.[3]

References

Notes

  1. ^ Ethnologue
  2. ^ Gaby, Alice Rose (2006). A Grammar of Kuuk Thaayorre. p. 6. 
  3. ^ Kendon, A. (1988) Sign Languages of Aboriginal Australia: Cultural, Semiotic and Communicative Perspectives. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

General

Alpher, Barry (1991). Yir-Yoront lexicon: Sketch and dictionary of an Australian language. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. 



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