Yaygir language

Yaygir
Yaygir
Native to	Australia
Region	New South Wales
Ethnicity	Yaygir people
Extinct	1-10 (2018-2019)
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Gumbaynggiric Yaygir; ;
Dialects	Yaegl (around mouth of the Clarence); Yirraygirr (upriver of Maclean); Yunggaya (around Ulmarra);
Language codes
ISO 639-3	xya
Glottolog	yayg1236
AIATSIS	E10
ELP	Yaygir

Yaygir, also spelt Yaygirr or Yegir, is an Australian Aboriginal language. It was spoken by the Yaygir people in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales.

There are attempts to revitalise the language, including the publication of a dictionary in 2012.

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