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Awngthim language

Awngthim
Native toAustralia
RegionCape York Peninsula, Queensland
EthnicityWinduwinda
Extinct(date missing)
Dialects
  • Mamngayt (Mamangathi)
  • Ntrwa'ngayth (Ndraangidh)
  • Thyanngayth
Language codes
ISO 639-3gwm
Glottologawng1245
AIATSIS[1]Y185 Awngthim (cover term), Y31 Mamngayt, Y27 Ntrwa'angayth, Y24 Thyanngayth
ELPAwngthim

Awngthim is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language formerly spoken in Cape York in Queensland, Australia by the Winduwinda people. The Awngthim language region includes the areas around Weipa and the Cook Shire.[2]

Name

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The name Awngthim is not a synonym of Anguthimri, though due to their similarity they have sometimes been confused.[3]

Dialects

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Hale (1964) treats Awngthim as a cover term for dialects Ntrwa'ngayth /ntʳwaʔŋajt̪/, Thyanhngayth /t̪jan̪ŋajt̪/, and Mamngayth /mamŋajt̪/.[4] -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

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Consonant phonemes[5]
Peripheral Laminal Apical Glottal
Bilabial Velar Palatal Dental Alveolar
Plosive p k c t ʔ
Fricative β ɣ ð
Nasal m ŋ ɲ n
Lateral l
Post-trilled
Vibrant r
Approximant w j ɹ
Vowel phonemes[5]
Front Central Back
High i u
Mid e ə
Low a

See also

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  • Ndra'ngith language, identified in Donohue (1991) as being the same as the Ntrwa'ngayth dialect, but seen as distinct by Sutton (2001)[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Y185 Awngthim (cover term) at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies  (see the info box for additional links)
  2. ^ This Wikipedia article incorporates text from Thaynakwith published by the State Library of Queensland under CC BY licence, accessed on 6 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Request for Change to ISO 639-3 Language Code" (PDF). ISO 639-3 Registration Authority. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  4. ^ Hale, Kenneth (1964). "Classification of Northern Paman Languages, Cape York Peninsula, Australia: A Research Report". Oceanic Linguistics. 3 (2): 248–265. doi:10.2307/3622881. JSTOR 3622881.
  5. ^ a b Kenneth Hale, 1976, Phonological Developments in Particular Northern Paman Languages, pp.16
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