ATLAS OF LANGUAGE

Australia · ISO 639-3 gyd · Glottocode kaya1319

Kayardild

Kayardild expands the collection with a nearly extinct language of the Tangkic family with an Australian reference point.

Language family
Tangkic
Likely script
Latin (Latn)
Source status
nearly extinct
Macroarea
Australia
Source country codes
AU
Reference point
-17.070, 139.489

Open research question

Which community-authorised recordings, learning materials and speaker information appropriately represent the present situation?

This question is an assignment for later subject and community-proximate source review, not a claim about a uniform cultural worldview.

Scholarly boundary

The map point is a Glottolog reference point, not a language-area boundary. The script field is a likely Unicode CLDR assignment, not a complete history of orthography. Information on endangerment and countries follows the linked source data and does not replace current local assessment.