Ayabadhu language
| Ayabadhu | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Cape York Peninsula, Queensland; north of Coleman River, south of Coen. |
| Ethnicity | Ayapathu, Yintyingka |
| Extinct | (date missing) |
Pama–Nyungan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ayd |
| Glottolog | ayab1239 |
| AIATSIS | Y60 |
| ELP | Ayapathu |
Ayabadhu (Ayapathu), or Badhu, is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language of the Paman family spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of North Queensland, Australia by the Ayapathu people.: 17 The Ayabadhu language region includes the Cook Shire and the areas around Coen and Port Stewart.
Verstraete and Rigsby (2015) determined that Ayabadhu and Yintyingka, spoken by the Yintyingka and Lamalama and previously known as coastal Ayapathu, are closely related and dialects of the same language.: 51 They also found these dialects to be "structurally different" to Western Ayapathu. The name Yintjinggu/Jintjingga has been used for both Ayabadhu and the neighboring Umbindhamu language.