Nhangu language

Nhangu
Yan-nhaŋu
Jarnango
RegionCrocodile Islands, Northern Territory, Australia
EthnicityYan-nhaŋu
Extinctby 2011
Revival1994
Pama–Nyungan languages
Dialects
  • Gorlpa
  • Yannhangu
Yan-nhaŋu Sign Language
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
jay  Yan-nhangu
lja  Golpa
Glottologyann1237  Nhangu
AIATSISN211
ELPYan-nhangu
 Golpa

The Nhangu language (Nhaŋu), also Yan-nhaŋu (Jarnango) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Yan-nhaŋu people, inhabitants of the Crocodile Islands off the coast of Arnhem Land, in the Northern Territory of Australia. The Yan-nhaŋu language belongs to the Yolŋu Matha language group of the Yolŋu people of Arnhem Land in northern Australia. The varieties of the two moieties are (a) Gorlpa and (b) Yan-nhangu.