Flinders Island language

Flinders Island is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language spoken off the coast of Queensland, Australia. It is unconfirmed as a distinct language. The inhabitants of the island were the Aba Yalgayi.

Flinders Island
RegionFlinders Island, Queensland
EthnicityAba Yalgayi
Extinctca. 2000
Pama–Nyungan
  • Paman
    • North Cape York
      • Wik
        • Flinders Island
Language codes
ISO 639-3fln
Glottologflin1247
AIATSISY67
ELPFlinders Island

One of the last known speakers of the language was Johnny Flinders.

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