Awngthim language

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Awngthim
Native to Australia
Region Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Ethnicity Winduwinda
Extinct (date missing)
Dialects
  • Mamngayt (Mamangathi)
  • Ntrwa'ngayth (Ndraangidh)
  • Thyanngayth
Language codes
ISO 639-3 gwm
Glottolog awng1245
AIATSIS [1] Y185  Awngthim (cover term), Y31  Mamngayt, Y27  Ntrwa'angayth, Y24  Thyanngayth
ELP Awngthim

Awngthim is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language formerly spoken in Cape York in Queensland, Australia by the Winduwinda people. The Awngthim language region includes the areas around Weipa and the Cook Shire. [2]

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Name

The name Awngthim is not a synonym of Anguthimri , though due to their similarity they have sometimes been confused. [3]

Dialects

Hale (1964) treats Awngthim as a cover term for dialects Ntrwa'ngayth /ntʳwaʔŋajt̪/, Thyanhngayth /t̪jan̪ŋajt̪/, and Mamngayth /mamŋajt̪/. [4] -Ngayth is a suffix common to many tribal names of the area. These are the Ntrwa'a, Thyanh, and Mam dialects.

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

Phonology

Consonant phonemes [5]
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 [5]
Front Central Back
High i u
Mid e ə
Low a

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Y185 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)
  2. ↑ CC BY icon-80x15.png This Wikipedia article incorporates text from Thaynakwith published by the State Library of Queensland under CC BY licence , accessed on 6 June 2022.
  3. ↑ "Request for Change to ISO 639-3 Language Code" (PDF). ISO 639-3 Registration Authority. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  4. ↑ Hale, Kenneth (1964). "Classification of Northern Paman Languages, Cape York Peninsula, Australia: A Research Report". Oceanic Linguistics. 3 (2): 248–265. doi:10.2307/3622881. JSTOR   3622881.
  5. 1 2 Kenneth Hale, 1976, Phonological Developments in Particular Northern Paman Languages, pp.16
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