Awngthim is an
extinct Australian Aboriginal language
The Indigenous languages of Australia number in the hundreds, the precise number being quite uncertain, although there is a range of estimates from a minimum of around 250 (using the technical definition of 'language' as non-mutually intellig ...
formerly spoken in
Cape York in
Queensland
)
, nickname = Sunshine State
, image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, established_ ...
,
Australia by the
Winduwinda people. The Awngthim language region includes the areas around Weipa and the Cook Shire.
Name
The name ''Awngthim'' is not a synonym of ''
Anguthimri'', though due to their similarity they have sometimes been confused.
[http://www.sil.org/iso639-3/cr_files/2011-137.pdf ]
Dialects
Hale (1964) treats Awngthim as a cover term for dialects Ntrwa'ngayth , Thyanhngayth , and Mamngayth .
''-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
[Kenneth Hale, 1976, Phonological Developments in Particular Northern Paman Languages, pp.16]
Vowel Phonemes
See also
*
Ndra'ngith language
Ndra'ngith (Ntra'angith) is an Australian language once spoken in the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland.
Donohue (1991) identifies Ndra'ngith as the same dialect as Ntrwa'ngayth, but Sutton (2001) presents it as being distinct. Sutton also dis ...
, identified in Donohue (1991) as being the same as the Ntrwa'ngayth dialect, but seen as distinct by Sutton (2001)
References
{{Pama–Nyungan languages, Paman
Northern Paman languages
Extinct languages of Queensland