Editing Guugu Yimithirr language (section)

{{Short description|Australian Aboriginal language}}
{{More footnotes needed|date=August 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2011}}
{{Infobox language
| name             = Guugu Yimithirr
| pronunciation    = {{IPA|kky|ˈkuːku ˈjɪmɪt̪ɪr|}}
| region           = [[Hopevale, Queensland]]
| ethnicity        = [[Guugu Yimithirr people|Guugu Yimithirr]], [[Koko Njekodi]]
| speakers         = {{sigfig|806|2}}
| date             = 2021 census
| ref              = <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/people-and-communities/cultural-diversity-census/2021/|title=Cultural diversity: Census|author=Australian Bureau of Statistics|access-date=13 October 2022|date=2021}}</ref>
| familycolor      = Australian
| fam1             = [[Pama–Nyungan languages|Pama–Nyungan]]
| fam2             = [[Paman languages|Paman]]?
| fam3             = [[Yalanjic languages|Yalanjic]] or Yimidhirr–Yalanji–Yidinic
| script           = [[Latin script|Latin]]
| iso3             = kky
| glotto           = gugu1255
| glottorefname    = Guugu Yimidhirr
| dia1             = Dhalundhirr
| dia2             = Waguurrga
| dia3             = Nyiguudyi
| notice           = IPA
| aiatsis          = Y82
| states           = [[Australia]]
| mapcaption       = 
| pushpin_map      = Australia
| pushpin_label    = 
| coordinates      = {{coord|15|17|46|S|145|06|43|E}}
| pushpin_map_caption = Map showing the location of Hope Vale, where most speakers of Guugu Yimithirr reside
| aiatsis2         = Y79
| aiatsisname2     = Guugu-Nyiguudyi
| aiatsisname      = Guugu Yimithirr
| altname          = Guugu Yimdhirr
}}

'''Guugu Yimithirr''', also rendered '''Guugu Yimidhirr''', '''Guguyimidjir''', and many other spellings, is an [[Australian Aboriginal languages|Australian Aboriginal language]], the traditional language of the [[Guugu Yimithirr people]] of [[Far North Queensland]]. It belongs to the [[Pama-Nyungan]] language family.<ref name="sorosoro">{{cite web|url=http://www.sorosoro.org/en/guugu-yimidhirr |title=Guugu Yimidhirr « Sorosoro |publisher=Sorosoro.org |access-date=2015-08-15}}</ref> Most of the speakers today live at the community of [[Hope Vale, Queensland|Hope Vale]], about {{convert|46|km}} from [[Cooktown]]. However, {{as of|lc=yes|June 2020}} only about half of the Guugu Yimithirr nation speak the language. As such, efforts are being made to teach it to children. Guugu Yimithirr is the source language of the word ''[[kangaroo]]'' ({{Lang|kky|gangurru}}).<ref name=mounter>{{cite web | title=Hope Vale elders using modern platform as latest tool to preserve ancient Guugu Yimithirr language - ABC News | website=ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) | date=17 June 2020|first=Brendan |last=Mounter | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-17/hope-vale-elders-use-youtube-to-teach-language/12356556 | access-date=17 June 2020}}</ref>