Yinhawangka is a Pama-Nyungan language of the Ngayarda branch of the Pilbara region of Western Australia, traditionally spoken by the Inawongga, Ninanu and Ngarlawangga peoples, though linguist Alan Dench judged in 1995 that the available data was insufficient to classify it with full confidence. The 2021 census recorded only 12 people who self-reported speaking it, and no exact date of extinction is recorded. Its sound system includes a three-vowel inventory with a length distinction alongside a full range of plosive, nasal, lateral, rhotic and approximant consonants.
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