Alngith dialect
| Alngith | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Alngith, Winduwinda |
| Extinct | 1980s[1][2] |
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | aid |
| Glottolog | alng1239 |
| AIATSIS[3] | Y32 |
| ELP | Alngith |
Alngith (
Alngith people. The last known speakers survived into the 1980s.[2] Phonologically, this language variety is very similar to the related variety Linngithigh, the only difference being that this language has the process of metathesis whereas Linngithigh does not.[4]
Alngith is considered to be a dialect of Thaynakwith, a language spoken on Western Cape York in the Weipa area taking in Albatross Bay and Mission River. The traditional language area of Thaynakwith includes landscape within the local government boundaries of Weipa Town Council and the Shire of Cook.[5]
The word Nje 'alan means 'good day'.
Phonology
The two dialects of Alngith and Linngithigh have the same sound inventory.[6]
Consonants
| Peripheral | Laminal | Apical | Glottal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilabial | Velar | Palatal | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | ||
| Plosives | p | k | c | t̪
|
t
|
ʔ | |
| Fricatives | β | ɣ | ð | ||||
Nasals
|
m | ŋ | ɲ | n̪
|
n
|
||
Post-trilled
|
tʳ | ||||||
Vibrant
|
r
|
||||||
| Approximants | w | j | l
|
ɻ | |||
Vowels
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
High
|
i | u |
| Mid | æ | o |
Low
|
a | |
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021). "Cultural diversity: Census". Retrieved 13 October 2022.
- ^ a b Wurm, S. A. and S. Hattori (eds.). 1981. Language atlas of the Pacific area. Canberra: The Australian Academy of the Humanities in collaboration with the Japan Academy.
- ^ Y32 Alngith at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ^ Kenneth Hale, 1976, Phonological Developments in Particular Northern Paman Languages, pp.12-13
- CC BY licence, accessed on 18 January 2023.
- ^ Kenneth Hale, 1976, Phonological Developments in Particular Northern Paman Languages, pp.14
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