Yugul language

{{short description|Extinct Australian Aboriginal language}}

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

{{Infobox language

| name = Yugul

| nativename =

| region = Northern Territory

| ethnicity = Yukul

| extinct = ?

| familycolor = Australian

| fam1 = Arnhem

| fam2 = Marran

| iso3 = ygu

| aiatsis = N85

| glotto = yugu1250

| glottorefname = Yugul

| acceptance = unattested

| altname = Yukul

| states = Australia

}}

Yugul or Yukul (Yukul) is an extinct and unattested Australian Aboriginal language of the Marran family.Bowern, Claire. 2011. "[http://anggarrgoon.wordpress.com/2011/12/23/how-many-languages-were-spoken-in-australia/ How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120815230456/http://anggarrgoon.wordpress.com/2011/12/23/how-many-languages-were-spoken-in-australia/ |date=15 August 2012 }}", Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web, December 23, 2011 ([http://pamanyungan.sites.yale.edu/master-list-australian-languages-v12 corrected] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120703071544/http://pamanyungan.sites.yale.edu/master-list-australian-languages-v12 |date=3 July 2012 }} February 6, 2012) The name "Yugul" has been used in various ways by people of Ngukurr, where this language may have been spoken, including as a cover term for languages of the area. A summary of the available information on Yugul is presented in Baker (2010). However, on the basis of place names, Harvey (2008) notes that Yugul appears to be closely related to Marra.