Awngthim language
Appearance
Awngthim | |
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Native to | Australia |
Region | Cape York Peninsula, Queensland |
Extinct | (date missing) |
Dialects |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | gwm |
Glottolog | awng1245 |
AIATSIS[1] | Y31 Awngthim (cover term), Y39 Ntrwa?ngayth |
ELP | Awngthim |
Awngthim is an Australian language spoken in Cape York in Queensland.
Name
The name Awngthim is not a synonym of Anguthimri, though due to their similarity they have sometimes been confused.[2]
Dialects
Dialects are Ntrwa'ngayth /ntʳwaʔŋajt̪/, Thyanhngayth /t̪jan̪ŋajt̪/, and Mamngayth /mamŋajt̪/. -Ngayth is a suffix common to many tribal names of the area. These are the Ntrwa'a, Thyanh, and Mam dialects.
The Ndrangith and Ndra'ngith languages have been confused with Ntrwa'ngayth.
Phonology
Consonant Phonemes
Peripheral | Laminal | Apical | Glottal | |||
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Bilabial | Velar | Palatal | Dental | Alveolar | ||
Plosive | p | k | c | t̪ | t | ʔ |
Fricative | β | ɣ | ð | |||
Nasal | m | ŋ | ɲ | n̪ | n | |
Lateral | l | |||||
Post-trilled | tʳ | |||||
Vibrant | r | |||||
Approximant | w | j | ɹ |
Vowel Phonemes
Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
High | i | u | |
Mid | e | ə | |
Low | a |
See also
- Ndra'ngith language, identified in Donohue (1991) as being the same as the Ntrwa'ngayth dialect, but seen as distinct by Sutton (2001)[1]