Yirandhali language

{{Short description|Extinct Australian Aboriginal language}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

{{Infobox language

|name = Yirandhali

|nativename=

|states = Australia

|region = Queensland

|ethnicity = Yirandhali

|extinct = by the 1960s

|ref = e25

|familycolor = Australian

|fam1 = Pama–Nyungan

|fam2 = Maric ?RMW Dixon (2002), Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development, p xxxiii

|iso3 = ljw

|aiatsis = L42

|glotto = yira1239

|glottorefname= Yirandhali

}}

Yirandhali (Yirandali, Jirandali), also known as Pooroga,[http://www.ausanthrop.net/resources/ausanthrop_db/detail.php?id_search=169 Detailed record of the Jirandali], AusAnthrop Australian Aboriginal tribal database is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language of Hughenden in Central Queensland.[http://foundingdocs.gov.au/pathways.html Foundingdocs website] Yirandhali is a Pama–Nyungan language. Dixon (2002) speculates that it may belong in the Maric branch of that family, but further research is required before this can be verified, due to the limited lexical material that is available in the language.Dixon, Robert (2002) Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. {{ISBN|0521473780}}.Koch, Harold (2004), A methodological history of Australian linguistic classification. {{ISBN|9027247617}}

There is very little information available about the languages of this region. Oral recounts suggest that the town area of Hughenden was a place that was passed through rather than a place that was used as a regular campsite. The Flinders River is often a dry river bed.

At the nearby Porcupine Gorge, in an area known locally as 'the Tattoos', there are signs of Aboriginal rock drawings. This area would have been a more reliable source of water.