Yitha-Yitha is a moribund language of southern
South Australia
South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...
spoken by the
Yitha Yitha people
The Jitajita, otherwise spelt ''Yitayita,'' are an indigenous Australian people of southern New South Wales.
Language
The Yitayita spoke one of the languages of the lower Murray river group that included Dadi Dadi and Kureinji, as is distinctive ...
. The language was studied in the 1980s. Yita Yita has many monosyllabic words, consonant finals and consonant clusters. Many Yita Yita place names include the words ''tin'' meaning foot, and ''cabul'' meaning leg.
References
Lower Murray languages
Indigenous Australian languages in South Australia
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