Mpalitjanh dialect

Mpalityan
Native to Australia
Region Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Extinct (date missing)
Language codes
ISO 639-3 xpj (Luthigh)
Glottolog None
AIATSIS[1] Y25

Mpalityan (Mpalitjanh) is an Australian language once spoken in the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland. It and Luthigh are dialects of a single language.[2]

Phonology

Consonant Phonemes

[3]

Peripheral Laminal Apical
Bilabial Velar Palatal Dental Alveolar
Plosive p k c t
Fricative β ɣ ð
Prenasalised stop ⁿp ⁿk ⁿc ⁿt̪ ⁿt
Nasal m ŋ ɲ n
Vibrant r
Approximant w j l

Vowel Phonemes

[4]

Front Back
High i u
Low æ a

References

  1. Mpalityan at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  2. RMW Dixon (2002), Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development, p xxxi
  3. Kenneth Hale, 1976, Phonological Developments in Particular Northern Paman Languages, pp.10
  4. Kenneth Hale, 1976, Phonological Developments in Particular Northern Paman Languages, pp.10
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