Awngthim language

Awngthim
Native to	Australia
Region	Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Extinct	(date missing)
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Paman North Cape York Northern Anguthimri? Awngthim
Dialects	Mamngayt Ntrwa'ngayth (Ndraangidh) Thyanngayth
Language codes
ISO 639-3	gwm
Glottolog	tyan1235[1]
AIATSIS[2]	Y31 Awngthim (cover term), Y39 Ntrwa?ngayth

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.^[3]

Dialects

Dialects are Ntrwa'ngayth /ntʳwaʔŋajt̪/, Thyanhngayth /t̪jan̪ŋajt̪/, and Mamngayth /mamŋajt̪/. -Ngayth is a suffix common to many tribal names of the area, so these are actually the Ntrwa'a, Thyanh, and Mam dialects.

The Ndrangith and Ndra'ngith languages have been confused with Ntrwa'ngayth.

Phonology

Consonant Phonemes

^[4]

	Peripheral		Laminal		Apical	Glottal
	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

^[4]

	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)^[2]

References

1. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Tyanngayt-Mamngayt-Ntrwangayt-Ntrangit". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
2. Awngthim (cover term) at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies  (see the info box for additional links)
4. Kenneth Hale, 1976, Phonological Developments in Particular Northern Paman Languages, pp.16