title: Flinders Island language
text: # Flinders Island language
  
  Flinders Island is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language spoken off the coast of Queensland, Australia. It is unconfirmed as a distinct language. The inhabitants of the island were the Aba Yalgayi.
  
  One of the last known speakers of the language was Johnny Flinders.
  
  ## Names
  
  The name Biyalgeyi have been used, but there is no evidence it refers to a language. Yalgawarra is a clan name.
  
  