Alngith dialect

Alngith
Alngith
Native to	Australia
Region	Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Ethnicity	Alngith, Winduwinda
Extinct	(date missing)
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Paman North Cape York Northern Anguthimri Alngith; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	aid
Glottolog	alng1239
AIATSIS	Y32
ELP	Alngith

Alngith is an extinct Paman language formerly spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia, by the Alngith people. Its date of extinction is unknown.^[2] Phonologically, this language variety is very similar to the related variety Linngithigh, the only difference being that this language has the process of metathesis whereas Linngithigh does not.^[3]

References[]

^ Y32 Alngith at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
^ Alngith dialect at Ethnologue (20th ed., 2017)
^ Kenneth Hale, 1976, Phonological Developments in Particular Northern Paman Languages, pp.12-13

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[AIATSIS-1] Y32 Alngith at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

[2] Alngith dialect at Ethnologue (20th ed., 2017)

[3] Kenneth Hale, 1976, Phonological Developments in Particular Northern Paman Languages, pp.12-13

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