Nhangu language

Nhangu
Nhangu
Yan-nhaŋu
Jarnango
Region	Crocodile Islands, Northern Territory, Australia
Ethnicity	Yan-nhaŋu
Extinct	by 2021
Revival	0 self-reported speakers
Language family	Pama–Nyungan languages Yolŋu Matha Northern (Dhangu) Nhangu; ; ;
Dialects	Gorlpa; Yannhangu;
Signed forms	Yan-nhaŋu Sign Language
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; jay – Yan-nhangu; lja – Golpa
Glottolog	yann1237 Nhangu
AIATSIS	N211
ELP	Yan-nhangu
	Golpa

The Nhangu language (Nhaŋu), also Yan-nhaŋu (Jarnango) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Yan-nhaŋu people, inhabitants of the Crocodile Islands off the coast of Arnhem Land, in the Northern Territory of Australia. The Yan-nhaŋu language belongs to the Yolŋu Matha language group of the Yolŋu people of Arnhem Land in northern Australia. The varieties of the two moieties are (a) Gorlpa and (b) Yan-nhangu.

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