Linngithigh dialect
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| Linngithigh | |
|---|---|
| Liningitij | |
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Cape York Peninsula, Queensland |
| Ethnicity | Linngithigh, Winduwinda |
| Extinct | "several years" before 1983[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | lnj |
| Glottolog | leni1238 |
| AIATSIS[2] | Y26 |
| ELP | Lua error in Module:Endangered_Languages_Project at line 21: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
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 | edit source]- ^ 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