Ndra'ngith Language
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Ndra'ngith (Ntra'angith) is an
Australian language Australia legally has no official language. However, English is by far the most commonly spoken and has been entrenched as the ''de facto'' national language since European settlement. "English has no de jure status but it is so entrenched ...
once spoken in the
Cape York Peninsula Cape York Peninsula is a large peninsula located in Far North Queensland, Australia. It is the largest unspoiled wilderness in northern Australia.Mittermeier, R.E. et al. (2002). Wilderness: Earth’s last wild places. Mexico City: Agrupación ...
of
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. Donohue (1991) identifies Ndra'ngith as the same dialect as
Ntrwa'ngayth 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. Name The name ''Awngthim'' ...
, but Sutton (2001) presents it as being distinct. Sutton also distinguishes it from the similar-sounding
Ndrangith language Ndrangith (Ndrrangith) is a presumed Australian language once spoken in the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland. It is undocumented, without even word lists to record it. Sutton (2001) says the name is distinct from the similar-sounding Ndra'ngi ...
and
Ndwa'ngith language Ndwa'ngith was apparently an Australian language once spoken in the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland. It is undocumented, without even word lists to record it. Sutton (2001) distinguishes Ndwa'ngith from the similar-sounding Northern Paman lan ...
.


Phonology


Consonant phonemes


Vowel phonemes

Kenneth Hale, 1976, Phonological Developments in Particular Northern Paman Languages, pp.16


References

{{Reflist Northern Paman languages Extinct languages of Queensland Indigenous Australian languages in Queensland