Awngthim language

Not to be confused with Anguthimri language.
Awngthim
Native to Australia
Region Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Extinct (date missing)
Dialects
Mamngayt
Ntrwa'ngayth (Ndraangidh)
Thyanngayth
Language codes
ISO 639-3 gwm
Glottolog tyan1235[1]
AIATSIS[2] Y31 Awngthim (cover term), Y39 Ntrwa?ngayth

Awngthim is an Australian language spoken in Cape York in Queensland.

Name

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

Dialects

Dialects are Ntrwa'ngayth /ntʳwaʔŋajt̪/, Thyanhngayth /t̪jan̪ŋajt̪/, and Mamngayth /mamŋajt̪/. -Ngayth is a suffix common to many tribal names of the area, so these are actually the Ntrwa'a, Thyanh, and Mam dialects.

The Ndrangith and Ndra'ngith languages have been confused with Ntrwa'ngayth.

Phonology

Consonant Phonemes

[4]

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

[4]

Front Central Back
High i u
Mid e ə
Low a

See also

References

  1. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Tyanngayt-Mamngayt-Ntrwangayt-Ntrangit". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  2. 1 2 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)
  3. 1 2 Kenneth Hale, 1976, Phonological Developments in Particular Northern Paman Languages, pp.16
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