Yirrk-Thangalkl dialect
Introduction '''Yirrk-Thangalkl''' (Yir Thangedl) is a dialect of Yir-Yoront, a Paman language spoken on the southwestern part of the Cape York Peninsula, Queensland in Australia, by the Yirrk-Thangalkl people.The language is also known as ''Yirr-Thangell'' and ''Yirrk-Mel''.During the early 1900s (decade), Yirrk-Thangalkl speakers started shifting to the Yir-Yoront dialect with the arrival of the Mitchell River Mission.
Phonology === Consonants ===Yirrk-Thangalkl has 16 consonants. The inventory is the same as that of Yir-Yoront, except that Yirrk-Thangalkl lacks the retroflex and glottal consonants  and . Peripheral Laminal Apical Bilabial Velar Postalveolar/Palatal Dental Alveolar Nasal '''m''' /m/ '''ng''' /ŋ/ '''ny''' /ɲ/ '''nh''' /n̪/ '''n''' /n/ Plosive '''p''' /p/ '''k''' /k/  '''th''' /t̪/ '''t''' /t/ Affricate   '''ch''' /t͡ʃ/   Trill    '''rr''' /r/ Tap    '''r''' /ɾ/ Approximant '''w''' /w/ '''y''' /j/ '''lh''' /l̪/ '''l''' /l/
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