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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 languages Ndra'ngith, Ndrangith, and Ntrwa'ngayth Awngthim is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language formerly spoken in Cape York in Queensland, Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian contine .... References {{Reflist Extinct languages of Queensland Northern Paman languages Unclassified languages of Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, sixth-largest country. Australia is the oldest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent, with the least fertile soils. It is a Megadiverse countries, megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates, with Deserts of Australia, deserts in the centre, tropical Forests of Australia, rainforests in the north-east, and List of mountains in Australia, mountain ranges in the south-east. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south east Asia approximately Early human migrations#Nearby Oceania, 65,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Period, last i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Sierra Madre, S.C. The land is mostly flat and about half of the area is used for grazing cattle. The relatively undisturbed eucalyptus-wooded savannahs, tropical rainforests and other types of habitat are now recognised and preserved for their global environmental significance. Although much of the peninsula remains pristine, with a diverse repertoire of endemic flora and fauna, some of its wildlife may be threatened by industry and overgrazing as well as introduced species and weeds.Mackey, B. G., Nix, H., & Hitchcock, P. (2001). The natural heritage significance of Cape York Peninsula. Retrieved 15 January 2008, froepa.qld.gov.au. The northernmost point of the peninsula is Cape York (). The land has been occupied by a number of Ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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_date = Colony of Queensland , established_title2 = Separation from New South Wales , established_date2 = 6 June 1859 , established_title3 = Federation , established_date3 = 1 January 1901 , named_for = Queen Victoria , demonym = , capital = Brisbane , largest_city = capital , coordinates = , admin_center_type = Administration , admin_center = 77 local government areas , leader_title1 = Monarch , leader_name1 = Charles III , leader_title2 = Governor , leader_name2 = Jeannette Young , leader_title3 = Premier , leader_name3 = Annastacia Palaszczuk ( ALP) , legislature = Parliament of Queensland , judiciary = Supreme Court of Queensland , national_representation = Parliament of Australia , national_representation_t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pama–Nyungan Languages
The Pama–Nyungan languages are the most widespread family of Australian Aboriginal languages, containing 306 out of 400 Aboriginal languages in Australia. The name "Pama–Nyungan" is a merism: it derived from the two end-points of the range: the Pama languages of northeast Australia (where the word for "man" is ) and the Nyungan languages of southwest Australia (where the word for "man" is ). The other language families indigenous to the continent of Australia are occasionally referred to, by exclusion, as non-Pama–Nyungan languages, though this is not a taxonomic term. The Pama–Nyungan family accounts for most of the geographic spread, most of the Aboriginal population, and the greatest number of languages. Most of the Pama–Nyungan languages are spoken by small ethnic groups of hundreds of speakers or fewer. The vast majority of languages, either due to disease or elimination of their speakers, have become extinct, and almost all remaining ones are endangered in som ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paman Languages
The Paman languages are an Australian language family spoken on Cape York Peninsula, Queensland. First noted by Kenneth Hale, Paman is noteworthy for the profound phonological changes which have affected some of its descendants. Classification Various classifications of the Paman languages exist. The one outlined below is that of R. M. W. Dixon, though he does not accept that these branches are necessarily related to each other.See Dixon (2002), pp. xxx–xlii. Geographically, running down the east coast, they are: * North Cape York ** Northern Paman ** Umpila * Umbindhamu † *Lamalamic ** Umbuygamu † ** Lamu-Lamu * Yalgawarra † *Yalanjic ** Guugu Yimithirr ** Guugu Yalandji ** Barrow Point † (>> Wik?) * Mbariman-Gudhinma † * Djabugay † Down the west coast, they are: * North Cape York **Northern Paman ** Wik * Southwestern **Upper Southwest Paman ***Kuuk Thaayorre Kuuk Thaayorre (Thayore) is a Paman language spoken in the settlement Pormpuraaw on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Cape York Paman Languages
The North Cape York Paman languages are a subdivision of the Paman languages consisting of forty languages, all spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia. The languages are grouped largely according to R. M. W. Dixon. The only extant branches of this family are Umpila and the Wik languages. The now-extinct Northern Paman branch was unique among Pama-Nyungan languages in containing fricatives. The languages are, * Northern Paman ** Anguthimri (incl. dialects Alngith, Linngithigh) † ** Gudang (alt. Djagaraga) † ** Uradhi (incl. Atampaya, Yinwum, Wuthati) † ** Luthigh ( Mpalityan) † ** Awngthim † ** Ndra'ngith † ** Ngkoth † ** Arritinngithigh † ** Adithinngithigh † ** Mbiywom † ** Andjingith † * Umpila (= Northeastern Paman, several dialects) * Wik languages (Middle Paman) (See) Sutton (2001) also distinguishes a Ndwa'ngith language Ndwa'ngith was apparently an Australian language once spoken in the Cape York Peninsula of Quee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Paman Languages
The North Cape York Paman languages are a subdivision of the Paman languages consisting of forty languages, all spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia. The languages are grouped largely according to R. M. W. Dixon. The only extant branches of this family are Umpila and the Wik languages. The now-extinct Northern Paman branch was unique among Pama-Nyungan languages in containing fricatives. The languages are, * Northern Paman ** Anguthimri (incl. dialects Alngith, Linngithigh) † ** Gudang (alt. Djagaraga) † ** Uradhi (incl. Atampaya, Yinwum, Wuthati) † ** Luthigh ( Mpalityan) † ** Awngthim † ** Ndra'ngith † ** Ngkoth † ** Arritinngithigh † ** Adithinngithigh † ** Mbiywom † ** Andjingith † * Umpila (= Northeastern Paman, several dialects) * Wik languages (Middle Paman) (See) Sutton (2001) also distinguishes a Ndwa'ngith language Ndwa'ngith was apparently an Australian language once spoken in the Cape York Peninsula of Quee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Aboriginal Languages
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 intelligible varieties) up to possibly 363. The Indigenous languages of Australia comprise numerous language families and isolates, perhaps as many as 13, spoken by the Indigenous peoples of mainland Australia and a few nearby islands. The relationships between the language families are not clear at present although there are proposals to link some into larger groupings. Despite this uncertainty, the Indigenous Australian languages are collectively covered by the technical term "Australian languages", or the "Australian family". The term can include both Tasmanian languages and the Western Torres Strait language, but the genetic relationship to the mainland Australian languages of the former is unknown, while the latter is Pama–Nyungan, tho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Institute Of Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Studies
The Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS), established as the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies (AIAS) in 1964, is an independent Australian Government statutory authority. It is a collecting, publishing and research institute and is considered to be Australia's premier resource for information about the cultures and societies of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The institute is a leader in ethical research and the handling of culturally sensitive material'Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Library, Information and Resource Network (ATSILIRN) Protocols for Libraries, Archives and Information Services', http://atsilirn.aiatsis.gov.au/protocols.php, retrieved 12 March 2015‘'AIATSIS Collection Development Policy 2013 – 2016'’, AIATSIS website, http://aiatsis.gov.au/sites/default/files/docs/about-us/collection-development-policy.pdf, retrieved 12 March 2015 and holds in its collections many unique and irrepl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 distinguishes it from the similar-sounding Ndrangith language 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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'ngith language 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 .... References {{Pama–Nyungan languages, Paman Northern Paman languages Extinct languages of Queensland Unclassified languages of Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ntrwa'ngayth Language
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'' 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. D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
