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Yir-Yoront was a Paman language spoken in two settlements Kowanyama and Pormpuraaw on the southwestern part of the Cape York Peninsula Queensland in Australia by the Yir-Yoront people. As of 1991 only 15 speakers remained with the rest of the Yir-Yoront people speaking English or even Kuuk Thaayorre as many speakers of Yir-Yoront apparently are using Kuuk Thaayorre in daily conversation. At present it is thought to be extinct.