YYR ISO 639-3
Yir-Yoront
A language of Australia
- ISO 639
- yyr
- Alternate Names
- Jir Joront, Jir’jorond, Jirjiront, Koka-mungin, Koko-majoen, KokoMandjoen, KokoMindjin, KokoMinjen, Kokomindjan, Kokomindjen, Kokominjan, Mandjoen, Mind’jana, Mundjun, Yir Yiront, Yir Yoront, Yir-yiront
- Population
- No known L1 speakers. Survived into the 2000s.
- Location:
- Queensland state: Cape Peninsula, eastern coast, Gulf of Carpenteria, Coleman and Mitchell rivers area.
- Language Status
- 9 (Dormant).
- Classification
- Australian, Pama-Nyungan, Paman, Yir Yoront
- Language Use
- Most ethnic group members speak Torres Strait Creole [tcs]. Shifted to English [eng].
- Language Development
- Dictionary. Texts.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Yir-Yoront
- Writing
- Unwritten [Qaax].
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Queensland state: Cape Peninsula, eastern coast, Gulf of Carpenteria, Coleman and Mitchell rivers area.
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