Yirrk-Thangalkl (Yir Thangedl) is a dialect of Yir-Yoront,RMW Dixon (2002), Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development, p xxxii a Paman language spoken on the southwestern part of the Cape York Peninsula, Queensland in Australia, by the Yirrk-Thangalkl people. The language is also known as Yirr-Thangell and Yirrk-Mel.
During the early 1900s (decade), Yirrk-Thangalkl speakers started shifting to the Yir-Yoront dialect with the arrival of the Mitchell River Mission.
Phonology Consonants Yirrk-Thangalkl has 16 consonants. The inventory is the same as that of Yir-Yoront, except that Yirrk-Thangalkl lacks the retroflex and glottal consonants and .
Peripheral Laminal Apical Bilabial Velar Postalveolar/Palatal Dental Alveolar Nasal m /m/ ng /ŋ/ ny /ɲ/ nh /n̪/ n /n/ Plosive p /p/ k /k/ th /t̪/ t /t/ Affricate ch /t͡ʃ/ Trill rr /r/ Tap r /ɾ/ Approximant w /w/ y /j/ lh /l̪/ l /l/
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