Arritinngithigh language

Not to be confused with Adithinngithigh language.
Aritinngithigh
Native to Australia
Region Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Extinct (date missing)
Dialects
  • Aritinngithigh
  • Latamngit?
Language codes
ISO 639-3 rrt
Glottolog arit1239[1]
AIATSIS[2] Y34 Aritinngithigh, Y30 Ladamngid

Aritinngithigh (Aritinngayth, Arraythinngith) is an Australian aboriginal language once spoken in Cape York in Queensland.

Phonology

Consonant Phonemes

[3]

Peripheral Laminal Apical
Bilabial Velar Palatal Dental Alveolar Retroflex
Plosive p k c t
Fricative β ɣ ð
Nasal m ŋ ɲ n
Post-trilled
Vibrant r
Approximant w j l ɻ

Vowel Phonemes

[4]

Front Central Back
High i ʉ u
Near-low æ
Low a

References

  1. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Aritinngitigh". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  2. Aritinngithigh at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies  (see the info box for additional links)
  3. Kenneth Hale, 1976, Phonological Developments in Particular Northern Paman Languages, pp.18
  4. Kenneth Hale, 1976, Phonological Developments in Particular Northern Paman Languages, pp.18
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