Mpalitjanh dialect

Mpalityan
Native to	Australia
Region	Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Extinct	(date missing)
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Paman North Cape York Northern Luthigh Mpalityan
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	t̪	t
Fricative	β	ɣ		ð
Prenasalised stop	ⁿp	ⁿk	ⁿc	ⁿt̪	ⁿt
Nasal	m	ŋ	ɲ	n̪	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