Linngithigh dialect

Linngithigh
Linngithigh
Liningitij
Native to	Australia
Region	Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Ethnicity	Linngithigh, Winduwinda
Extinct	"recently extinct"; (6 speakers in 1960)
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Paman North Cape York Northern Anguthimri Linngithigh; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	lnj
Glottolog	leni1238
AIATSIS	Y26
ELP	Linngithigh

Linngithigh (Liningitij) is an extinct Paman language formerly spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia, by the . It is very similar phonologically to the closely related Alngith.^[4]

References[]

^ Linngithigh at Ethnologue (13th ed., 1996).
^ Linngithigh dialect at Ethnologue (8th ed., 1974). Note: Data may come from an earlier edition.
^ 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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