| Aritinngithigh | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Cape York Peninsula, Queensland |
| Ethnicity | [[]], Winduwinda |
| Extinct | 20th century AD? |
Pama–Nyungan
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| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | rrt |
| Glottolog | arit1239 |
| AIATSIS[1] | Y34 Aritinngithigh, Y30 Ladamngid |
Aritinngithigh (Aritinngayth, Arraythinngith) is an Australian aboriginal language once spoken in Cape York in Queensland.
Due to almost all of the known evidence of the language being in the 20th century, it probably went extinct during then.
Phonology
| Peripheral | Laminal | Apical | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilabial | Velar | Palatal | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | |
| Plosive | p | k | c | t̪ | t | |
| Fricative | β | ɣ | ð | |||
| Nasal | m | ŋ | ɲ | n̪ | n | |
| Post-trilled | tʳ | |||||
| Vibrant | r | |||||
| Approximant | w | j | l | ɻ | ||
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | ʉ | u |
| Near-low | æ | ||
| Low | a | ||
References
- ↑ Y34 Aritinngithigh at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (see the info box for additional links)
- 1 2 Kenneth Hale, 1976, Phonological Developments in Particular Northern Paman Languages, pp.18
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