Yitha Yitha language
(Redirected from Yitha-Yitha language)
| Yitha-Yitha | |
|---|---|
| Lower Darling–Lower Lachlan | |
| Region | New South Wales |
| Ethnicity | Yitha Yitha, Dadi Dadi |
Native speakers | 10 (2005, Dadi Dadi)[1] |
Pama–Nyungan
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| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:xth – Yitha Yithadda – Dadi Dadi |
| Glottolog | lowe1403 |
| AIATSIS[1] | D7 Yitha Yitha, S28 Dadi Dadi |
| ELP | Lua error in Module:Endangered_Languages_Project at line 21: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
| Dadi Dadi | |
| File:Aboriginal Tribes of Riverena.png Jitajita traditional lands | |
Yitha-Yitha is a moribund language of southern New South Wales spoken by the Yitha Yitha people. The language was studied in the 1980s. Yita Yita has many monosyllabic words, consonant finals and consonant clusters. Many Yita Yita place names include the words tin meaning foot, and cabul meaning leg.
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b D7 Yitha Yitha at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (see the info box for additional links)
