Gkuthaarn, also rendered Kuthant, Kutanda and other variant spellings, is an extinct

Paman language The Paman languages are an Australian language family spoken on Cape York Peninsula, Queensland. First noted by Kenneth Hale, Paman is noteworthy for the profound phonological changes which have affected some of its descendants. Classifica ...

of the

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, Australia. It also known as Karundi/Garandi (and variant spellings), but the

Garandi language The Garandi language, also rendered Karundi, Garandji, Karrandee and other variants, is thought to be an extinct Paman language of the Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia. It also known as Kotanda and Kutanda, names which are primaril ...

may be a separate dialect.

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also assigned the name

Kareldi The Kareldi was a name assigned by Norman Tindale to Aboriginal Australian peoples of the state of Queensland. There were two groups that went by this name, the Garandi (Karandi), after the Garandi language, and the Gkuthaarn (Kutanda, Kuthant, K ...

, but this is not confirmed by others. Current sources refer to the

Gkuthaarn The Kareldi was a name assigned by Norman Tindale to Aboriginal Australian peoples of the state of Queensland. There were two groups that went by this name, the Garandi (Karandi), after the Garandi language, and the Gkuthaarn (Kutanda, Kuthant, K ...

people.

Alternative names

;Tindale: *Kotanda, also spelt Kutanda, Goothanto *Karundi, also spelt Karunti, Kurandi, Ka-rantee, Karrandi, Karrandee, Gar-und-yih, thought to be derived from Karun-/Gooran, meaning

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people. However, according to

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, Kotanda was also used for the now extinct

Kalibamu The Kalibamu, also known as the Kotanda, were an Aboriginal Australian people of the state of Queensland. Language Besides the oral Kalibamu language (also known as Kukatj, although it may be a separate dialect), the Kalibamu had a sign language ...

, and Karandi/Garandi (

AUSTLANG The Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS), established as the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies (AIAS) in 1964, is an independent Australian Government statutory authority. It is a collecting, ...

G32) was a different local group, and AIATSIS agrees. ;Other variants Other variant spellings included in AUSTLANG are: *Karaldi *Gudanda *Gudhanda *Gudhand *Guandhar

Phonology

Consonants

�is attested only in the sequence �ʈand in Kukatj loans.

Vowels

Kuthant has two

diphthong A diphthong ( ; , ), also known as a gliding vowel, is a combination of two adjacent vowel sounds within the same syllable. Technically, a diphthong is a vowel with two different targets: that is, the tongue (and/or other parts of the speech ...

s: /ia/ and /ua/.

Some words

According to W.E. Armit, inspector of

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, these were some words of the "Karrandee tribe": * ''irruag'' (tame dog) * ''nyet'' (father) * ''mooruk'' (mother) * ''morbuy'' (whiteman)

Alternative names

Phonology

Consonants

Vowels

Some words

References

Further reading