Yinwum dialect

Yinwum
Native toAustralia
RegionCape York Peninsula, Queensland
EthnicityYinwum, ?Nyuwathayi
Extinctby 1960s
Dialects
  • ?Njuwadhai
Language codes
ISO 639-3yxm
Glottologyinw1236
AIATSISY29

Yinwum is an extinct Paman language formerly spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia, by the Yinwum people. It is unknown when it became extinct, but it was no longer spoken by the 1960s. Historically, it underwent some unusual phonological changes that are difficult to classify and understand in phonetic terms.