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Yintyinka-Ayabadhu

Yintyinka-Ayabadhu was a Pama-Nyungan language once spoken in Australia.

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Yintyinka-Ayabadhu · 14.7°S 142.9°E

Ayabadhu (Ayapathu), or Badhu, is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language of the Paman family spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of North Queensland, Australia by the Ayapathu people. The Ayabadhu language region includes the Cook Shire and the areas around Coen and Port Stewart.

Verstraete and Rigsby (2015) determined that Ayabadhu and Yintyingka, spoken by the Yintyingka and Lamalama and previously known as coastal Ayapathu, are closely related and dialects of the same language. They also found these dialects to be "structurally different" to Western Ayapathu. The name Yintjinggu/Jintjingga has been used for both Ayabadhu and the neighboring Umbindhamu language.

From Wikipedia · Ayabadhu language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Yintyinka-Ayabadhu

MeaningWordRomanization
womanwethemu
namekantya*
eyeko7one7e*
earkalu*
nosemontye*
toothkantya*
tongue8api*
handyu7u*
bloodkamu*
boneyantyampa*
skinpe7e*
kneepuNku*
breast8uta*
waterngoki
fire8uma*
sunkampala*
star8unpi*
stonekul7a*
mountainyoyko*
treeyuku*
leafiNa*
nightpari*
dogko7a*
fish8ekampa*
one8onoko*
twoku8i*
INayu*
youniNkuna*
weNampu*
drinkpa8a*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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