Linngithigh dialect

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

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Linngithigh is an extinct Paman language formerly spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia, by the Linngithigh people. Its date of extinction is unknown.^[1] This language variety is very similar phonologically to the related variety Alngith.^[2]

[edit] References

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

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