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 | |
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Region | Flinders Island, Queensland |
Ethnicity | Aba Yalgayi |
Extinct | ca. 2000 |
Pama–Nyungan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | fln |
Glottolog | flin1247 |
AIATSIS | Y67 |
ELP | Flinders Island |
One of the last known speakers of the language was Johnny Flinders.
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