The Yaran language, also called Bindjali, is an extinct language spoken in the state of
South Australia
South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a States and territories of Australia, state in the southern central part of Australia. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, which in ...
by the
Bodaruwitj. The name Yaran specifically refers to the variety spoken around the
Padthaway district. William Haynes, an earlier resident of the area, provided
E.M.Curr with two distinct vocabularies of the area, which he designated as that of the Tatiara.
Norman Tindale
Norman Barnett Tindale AO (12 October 1900 – 19 November 1993) was an Australian anthropologist, archaeologist, entomologist and ethnologist. He is best remembered for his work mapping the various tribal groupings of Aboriginal Australians ...
compiled a word-list relying on information supplied to him by Milerum, whose mother Lakwunami was a Potaruwutj from the
Keilira region.
R.M: Dixon managed to elicit a vocabulary of Bindjali from a
Bordertown informant, Bertie Pinkie, as late as 1973.
In his classification, ''Polinjunga'', one of the alternative names for the Bodaruwitj, or a
clan name of the same, is listed as a dialect of the
Bungandidj
The Bungandidj people are an Aboriginal Australian people from the Mount Gambier region in south-eastern South Australia, and also in western Victoria. Their language is the Bungandidj language. Bungandidj was historically frequently rendered a ...
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Kuurn Kopan Noot subgroup of the
Kulinic languages
The Kulinic languages form a branch of the Pama–Nyungan family in Victoria (Australia). They are:
* Kulin (3+, e.g. Woiwurrung)
* Kolakngat
* Drual (2)
Warrnambool is Kulinic and may be Drual, but is too poorly attested to be certain. Glo ...
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Pama–Nyungan languages
Kulin languages