Yaygir (also spelt Yaygirr or Yegir) is an extinct

Australian Aboriginal language The Indigenous languages of Australia number in the hundreds, the precise number being quite uncertain, although there is a range of estimates from a minimum of around 250 (using the technical definition of 'language' as non-mutually intellig ...

. It was spoken by the

Yaygir people The Yaygir, Yuraygir, or Yaegl, are an Australian Aboriginal tribe who traditionally live and lived in and around Yamba and Maclean, New South Wales. Language Yaygir was one of the two Gumbaynggiric languages, closely related to Gumbaynggir, ...

in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales. There are currently attempts to revitalise the language, including the publication of a dictionary in 2012.

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Gumbaynggiric languages Extinct languages of New South Wales Languages extinct in the 20th century Language revival {{ia-lang-stub