Mithaka language

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Mithaka
Native to Queensland
Ethnicity Mitaka
Extinct (date missing)
Dialects
  • Midhaga
  • ? Karruwali (Garuwali)
  • ? Marrulha (Marrula, Marulta) [1] :xxxvii
Language codes
ISO 639-3 rxw (Karuwali)
Glottolog mith1235
AIATSIS [2] L34  Mithaka, L35  Karuwali, L33  Marulta
ELP Mithaka

Mithaka (also Midhaga, Mitaka) is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language in the Barcoo Shire of Western Queensland spoken by the Mitaka people. [2] [3]

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Classification and dialects

Karruwali (Garuwali) and Marulta (Marrulha, Marrula) are counted as dialects per Dixon (2002). [1]

Breen thinks Mithaka, Marula, and Marunuda may be the same language but does not know whether they are alternative names or distinct dialects of the same language. [4]

However, Bowern (2001) states that there is not enough evidence to classify them, or even to establish that they are Karnic languages. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: their nature and development. Cambridge University Press.
  2. 1 2 L34 Mithaka at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies   (see the info box for additional links)
  3. CC BY icon-80x15.png This Wikipedia article incorporates text from Mithaka published by the State Library of Queensland under CC BY licence , accessed on 25 May 2022.
  4. Breen, Gavan (2007). "Reassessing Karnic" . Australian Journal of Linguistics. 27 (2). Taylor & Francis: 175–199. doi:10.1080/07268600701522780 . Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  5. Bowern, Claire (2001). "Karnic classification revisited". In J. Simpson; et al. (eds.). Forty years on. Canberra Pacific Linguistics. pp. 245–260. Archived from the original on 3 November 2021.