Anguthimri language
Not to be confused with Awngthim language.
| Anguthimri | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Cape York Peninsula, Queensland |
| Extinct | (date missing) |
|
Pama–Nyungan
| |
| Dialects |
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
Variously: aid – Alngith lnj – Linngithigh awg – Mpakwithi (Anguthimri proper) |
| Glottolog |
angu1240 (Anguthimri)[1]leni1237 (Leningitij–Alngith)[2] |
| AIATSIS[3] |
Y20 Anguthimri, Y26 Linngithigh, Y19 Yupangathi, Y14 Tjungundji, Y27 Ndra'ngith, Y32 Alnith(plus Awngthim) |
Anguthimri is an extinct Paman language formerly spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia, by the Anguthimri people. It is unknown when it became extinct.[4]
Name
The name Anguthimri is not a synonym of Awngthim, though due to their similarity they have sometimes been confused.[5]
Phonology
The two dialects have the same sound inventory.[6]
Consonants
| Peripheral | Laminal | Apical | Glottal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilabial | Velar | Palatal | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | ||
| Plosive | p | k | c | t̪ | t | ʔ | |
| Fricatives | β | ɣ | ð | ||||
| Nasals | m | ŋ | ɲ | n̪ | n | ||
| Post-trilled | tʳ | ||||||
| Vibrant | r | ||||||
| Approximants | w | j | l | ɻ | |||
Vowels
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| High | i | u |
| Mid | æ | o |
| Low | a | |
References
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Anguthimri". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Leningitij–Alngith". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Anguthimri at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (see the info box for additional links)
- ↑ Ernst Kausen (2005). "Australische Sprachen".
- ↑
- ↑ Kenneth Hale, 1976, Phonological Developments in Particular Northern Paman Languages, pp.14
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