Mayi-Kulan language

Mayi-Kulan is an extinct Mayi language formerly spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia.

Mayi-Kulan
Maykulan
Native toAustralia
RegionCape York Peninsula, Queensland
EthnicityMaikulan, Maithakari, Maijabi
Extinct(date missing)
Dialects
  • Mayi-Kulan
  • Mayi-Thakurti
  • Mayi-Yapi
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
xyk – Mayi-Kulan (Wunumara)
xyt – Mayi-Thakurti
xyj – Mayi-Yapi
Glottologmayk1239
AIATSIS[1]G25 Mayi-Kulan, G16 Mayi-Thakurti, G20 Mayi-Yapi
ELPMayi-Kulan
 Mayi-Thakurti[2]
 Mayi-Yapi[3]

Mayi-Kulan and its dialects may be dialects of Ngawun/Wunumara.

References
  1. G25 Mayi-Kulan at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies  (see the info box for additional links)
  2. Endangered Languages Project data for Mayi-Thakurti.
  3. Endangered Languages Project data for Mayi-Yapi.


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