Linngithigh dialect
| Linngithigh | |
|---|---|
| Liningitij | |
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Cape York Peninsula, Queensland |
| Ethnicity | Linngithigh, Winduwinda |
| Extinct | The last speaker died "several years" before 1983[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | lnj |
| Glottolog | leni1238 |
| AIATSIS[2] | Y26 |
| ELP | Linngithigh |
Linngithigh (Liningitij) is an extinct Paman language formerly spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia, by the Linngithigh people. It is very similar phonologically to the closely related Alngith.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Linngithigh at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Y26 Linngithigh at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ^ Kenneth Hale, 1976, Phonological Developments in Particular Northern Paman Languages, pp.12-13
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