Anguthimri language
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| Anguthimri | |
|---|---|
| Spoken in | Australia |
| Region | Cape York Peninsula, Queensland |
| Extinct | Unknown |
| Language family |
Pama–Nyungan
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| Dialects | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously: aid – Alngith lnj – Linngithigh awg – Anguthimri (Mpakwithi) |
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 went extinct.[1]
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[edit] Phonology
The two dialects have the same sound inventory.[2]
[edit] 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 | |||
[edit] Vowels
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| High | i | u |
| Mid | æ | o |
| Low | a | |
[edit] References
- ^ Ernst Kausen (2005). Australische Sprachen. http://homepages.fh-giessen.de/kausen/klassifikationen/Australisch.doc.
- ^ Kenneth Hale, 1976, Phonological Developments in Particular Northern Paman Languages, pp.14
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