Adithinngithigh language

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Adithinngithigh
Native to Australia
Region Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Extinct 18th-20th century?
Language codes
ISO 639-3 dth
Glottolog None
AIATSIS [1] Y229
ELP Adithinngithigh

Adithinngithigh, or Adetingiti, [2] is an extinct Australian aboriginal language once spoken in Cape York in Queensland.

There has been some confusion over the name:

Given that Aditinngithigh and ‘Arritinngithigh’ seem to have been identified with only one estate each and the names are so similar, it might be tempting to consider their distinct spellings a mere artifact of the recording process, but the names are indeed distinct and moreover the relevant estate are noncontiguous and owned by different people. [3]

However, it is not clear how distinct the two varieties are.

References

  1. ↑ Y229 Adithinngithigh at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  2. ↑ "Did you know Adithinngithigh is dormant?". Endangered Languages. Retrieved 2025-02-12.
  3. ↑ Sutton, Peter (2001). "Talking language". In Simpson, Jane; Nash, David; Laughren, Mary; Austin, Peter; Alpher, Barry (eds.). Forty years on: Ken Hale and Australian languages. Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University. p. 459. doi: 10.15144/PL-512.453 . hdl: 1885/146688 . ISBN   978-0-85883-524-5.
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