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ALSO KNOWN AS		Janda, Yunda
CLASSIFICATION		Pama-Nyungan, Maric
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		yda
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Information from: “Yanda” (145-153 ch. 6) . Gavan Breen (1990) Pacific Linguistics

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"The only source of linguistic data on Yanda is a vocabulary of about 110 words contributed to Carr (1886-87) by... a police officer. A couple of old Aboriginal informants still alive in the 1970s knew the name, but none knew anything more."

PLACES: Australia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Western Queensland

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: "Yanda...was spoken, according to Tindale (1974:170) at the 'head of the Hamilton River, north of Warenda. At Toolebuc and Lucknow.' Warenda is about 60 miles north-east of Boulia."

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"Few speakers reported in 2012."

DATE OF INFO: 2012

PLACES: Australia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Queensland: Hamilton river; Lucknow; Toolebuc; Warenda."

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		2011	How many languages were spoken in Australia?			Also includes subsequent additions by CB directly into ElCat							http://anggarrgoon.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/austlangs-masterlanguagelist-dec2011.xlsx	Claire Bowern	Claire Bowern. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?" Online: http://anggarrgoon.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/austlangs-masterlanguagelist-dec2011.xlsx.	0?				Dormant ()		Australia		-21.23270508,140.5134756
	18th	2015	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 18th Edition				Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig	SIL International	Dallas, Texas				http://www.ethnologue.com		Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2015. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Eighteenth edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.	a few	2012	1-9	"Few speakers reported in 2012."	Critically Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		Australia	"Queensland: Hamilton river; Lucknow; Toolebuc; Warenda."
0858834014		1990	Yanda	Salvage Studies of Western Queensland Aboriginal Languages	145-153			Pacific Linguistics		Linguistic Circle of Canberra	6	The Australian National University		Gavan Breen	Gavan Breen. 1990. "Yanda." In Salvage Studies of Western Queensland Aboriginal Languages, 145-153. Pacific Linguistics.	0			"The only source of linguistic data on Yanda is a vocabulary of about 110 words contributed to Carr (1886-87) by... a police officer. A couple of old Aboriginal informants still alive in the 1970s knew the name, but none knew anything more."	Dormant ()	"Yanda...was spoken, according to Tindale (1974:170) at the 'head of the Hamilton River, north of Warenda. At Toolebuc and Lucknow.' Warenda is about 60 miles north-east of Boulia."	Australia	Western Queensland	-21.917567,140.772457

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