Wudhadhi dialect

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Wuthathi
Wudhadhi
Native to Australia
Region Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
EthnicityWuthathi (Otati = Mutjati)
Extinct 1910s [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottolog wuth1237
AIATSIS [2] Y10

Wuthathi, also spelt Wudhadhi, is an extinct Paman language formerly spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia, by the Wuthathi, an Aboriginal Australian people. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Ernst Kausen (2005). "Australische Sprachen" (in German).{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. Y10 Wuthathi at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies