Ndra'ngith (Ntra'angith) is an
Australian language
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once spoken in the
Cape York Peninsula
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of
Queensland
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Donohue (1991) identifies Ndra'ngith as the same dialect as
Ntrwa'ngayth, but Sutton (2001) presents it as being distinct. Sutton also distinguishes it from the similar-sounding
Ndrangith language and
Ndwa'ngith language
Ndwa'ngith was apparently an Australian language once spoken in the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland
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Phonology
Consonant phonemes
Vowel phonemes
[Kenneth Hale, 1976, Phonological Developments in Particular Northern Paman Languages, pp.16]
References
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Northern Paman languages
Extinct languages of Queensland
Indigenous Australian languages in Queensland