Awngthim is an
extinct
Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...
Australian Aboriginal language
The Indigenous languages of Australia number in the hundreds, the precise number being quite uncertain, although there is a range of estimates from a minimum of around 250 (using the technical definition of 'language' as non-mutually intellig ...
formerly spoken in
Cape York in
Queensland
)
, nickname = Sunshine State
, image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, established_ ...
,
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
by the
Winduwinda people. The Awngthim language region includes the areas around Weipa and the Cook Shire.
Name
The name ''Awngthim'' is not a synonym of ''
Anguthimri'', though due to their similarity they have sometimes been confused.
[http://www.sil.org/iso639-3/cr_files/2011-137.pdf ]
Dialects
Hale (1964) treats Awngthim as a cover term for dialects Ntrwa'ngayth , Thyanhngayth , and Mamngayth .
''-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
Consonant Phonemes
[Kenneth Hale, 1976, Phonological Developments in Particular Northern Paman Languages, pp.16]
Vowel Phonemes
See also
*
Ndra'ngith language
Ndra'ngith (Ntra'angith) is an Australian language once spoken in the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland.
Donohue (1991) identifies Ndra'ngith as the same dialect as Ntrwa'ngayth, but Sutton (2001) presents it as being distinct. Sutton also dist ...
, identified in Donohue (1991) as being the same as the Ntrwa'ngayth dialect, but seen as distinct by Sutton (2001)
References
{{Pama–Nyungan languages, Paman
Northern Paman languages
Extinct languages of Queensland