Alngith dialect

Alngith
Spoken in	Australia
Region	Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Extinct	Unknown
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Paman North Cape York Northern Anguthimri Alngith; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	aid

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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.^[1] 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.^[2]

[edit] References

^ Ethnologue
^ Kenneth Hale, 1976, Phonological Developments in Particular Northern Paman Languages, pp.12-13

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