Andjingith language

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Andjingith
Native to Australia
Region Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Extinct (date missing)
Language codes
ISO 639-3 None (mis)
Glottolog None
AIATSIS [1] Y42

Andjingith is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language once spoken in Cape York in Queensland. [1] [2] The traditional language area of Andjingith includes the Aurukun Community Council and the Cook Shire. [3]

Classification

Andjingith may also be known by the following names: Anjingid, Andjingid, Andjingith, Adyingid. [1]

Tindale (1974) says that Winduwinda is a cover term for twelve or more small groups each with a name terminating in '-ngit'. This suggests that Andjingith might be a Winduwinda group name, despite Tindale not listing it. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Y42 Andjingith at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  2. ↑ Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge University Press. p. xxxi.
  3. ↑ CC BY icon-80x15.png This Wikipedia article incorporates text from Andjingith published by the State Library of Queensland under CC BY licence , accessed on 23 May 2022.
  4. ↑ Tindale, Norman B. (1974). Aboriginal tribes of Australia: their terrain, environmental controls, distribution, limits, and proper names. Australian National University Press.
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