Linngithigh (Liningitij) is an

extinct Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...

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 ...

formerly spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland,

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, by the

Linngithigh people Linngithigh (Liningitij) is an extinct Paman language formerly spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia, by the Linngithigh people. It is very similar phonologically Phonology is the branch of linguistics that studies h ...

. It is very similar phonologically to the closely related Alngith.Kenneth Hale, 1976, Phonological Developments in Particular Northern Paman Languages, pp.12-13

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Northern Paman languages Extinct languages of Queensland {{ia-lang-stub