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Ayapathu
The Ayapathu people, otherwise known as the ''Ayabadhu'' or ''Aiyaboto'', were an Indigenous Australian group, living on the western side of the Cape York Peninsula in northern Queensland. Language Ayapathu appears to have been closely related to the coastal language of Yintyingka, though structurally different and they may be considered dialects of the same language. Etymologically, ''aya'' means 'language', while ''patha'' may be cognate with the homophonous Yintyingka word for 'to eat', paralleling the ethnonym Wik-Mungkan (speech (''wik'')+eat (''mungka''). Little is otherwise known of the language. Some word lists were compiled from information given by George Rocky, whose vernacular was Umpila, though his father was an Ayapathu. He was raised from boyhood at the Lockhart River Mission, and then worked on Japanese lugger boats fishing for beche-de-mer and pearls. The Japanese generally treated their aboriginal hired labourers better than white employers did. The last informa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayabadhu Language
Ayabadhu (''Ayapathu''), or Badhu, is an Language extinction, extinct Australian Aboriginal languages, Australian Aboriginal language of the Paman languages, Paman family spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of North Queensland, Australia by the Ayapathu, Ayapathu people. The Ayabadhu language region includes the Shire of Cook, Cook Shire and the areas around Coen, Queensland, Coen and Port Stewart, Queensland, Port Stewart. Verstraete and Rigsby (2015) determined that Ayabadhu and Yintyingka, spoken by the Yintyingka and Lama Lama people, Lamalama and previously known as coastal Ayapathu, are closely related and dialects of the same language. They also found these dialects to be "structurally different" to Pakanha language, Western Ayapathu. The name ''Yintjinggu''/''Jintjingga'' has been used for both Ayabadhu and the neighboring Umbindhamu language. Vocabulary Some words from the Ayabadhu language, as spelt and written by Ayabadhu authors include: * '''Agu'': land * '''Eka'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |