Mithaka language
| Mithaka | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Australia |
| Ethnicity | Mitaka |
| Extinct | (date missing) |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | rxw (Karuwali) |
| Glottolog | mith1235 |
| AIATSIS[2] | L34 Mithaka, L35 Karuwali, L33 Marulta |
| ELP | Mithaka |
Mithaka (Midhaga) is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language.[3]
Karruwali (Garuwali) and Marulta (Marrulha, Marrula) are counted as dialects per Dixon (2002). However, Bowern (2001) states that there is not enough evidence to classify them, or even to establish that they are Karnic languages.
References
- ^ RMW Dixon (2002), Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development, p xxxvii
- ^ L34 Mithaka at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (see the info box for additional links)
- ^ Bowern, Claire (2001). "Karnic classification revisited". In J Simpson; et al. (eds.). Forty years on. Canberra Pacific Linguistics. pp. 245–260. Archived from the original on 20 May 2012.
External links
- Bibliography of Garuwali people and language resources, at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
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