Mbara (also known as Midjamba, Mitjamba, Ambara, Balgalu, or Bargal), and Yanga (also known as Jangaa, Janggal, Janga, Yangaa, Purkaburra) are
mutually intelligible but separate
Aboriginal language of
Queensland
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, both now
extinct.
assigns a code to a group level as Mbara-Yanga (mbar1254). Yanga is not to be confused with the
Yangga language, a dialect of Biri.
The Mbara and Yanga people were traditionally neighbours, along with the
Gugu-Badhun,
Yirandali,
Wunumara and
Ngawun peoples. The expansion of cattle farming and
gold rushes
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in the second half of the nineteenth century affected the habitat of these groups.
According to
AUSTLANG, Yanga may be the same as
Nyangga language and
Ganggalida.
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References
{{Pama–Nyungan languages, Paman
Extinct languages of Queensland
Southern Pama languages