Luthigh Language
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Luthigh (or Ludhigh, pronounced ) is an extinct Paman language formerly spoken on the
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, Australia, by the Luthigh people. It is unknown when it became extinct. It constitutes a single language with
Mpalitjanh Mpalityan (Mpalitjanh) is an Australian language once spoken in the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivisio ...
. According to Sharp (1939), the neighboring Unjadi (Unyadi) language differed only marginally from that spoken by the ''Okara'' uthigh


Phonology


Consonant Phonemes


Vowel Phonemes

Hale, 1976, Phonological Developments in Particular Northern Paman Languages, pp.10


References

Northern Paman languages Extinct languages of Queensland Indigenous Australian languages in Queensland {{ia-lang-stub