Arritinngithigh language

Not to be confused with Adithinngithigh language.
Aritinngithigh
Native to Australia
Region Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Extinct (date missing)
Dialects
  • Aritinngithigh
  • Latamngit?
Language codes
ISO 639-3 rrt
Glottolog arit1239[1]
AIATSIS[2] Y34 Aritinngithigh, Y30 Ladamngid

Aritinngithigh (Aritinngayth, Arraythinngith) is an Australian aboriginal language once spoken in Cape York in Queensland.

Phonology

Consonant Phonemes

[3]

Peripheral Laminal Apical
Bilabial Velar Palatal Dental Alveolar Retroflex
Plosive p k c t̪ t
Fricative β ɣ ð
Nasal m ŋ ɲ n̪ n
Post-trilled tʳ
Vibrant r
Approximant w j l ɻ

Vowel Phonemes

[4]

Front Central Back
High i ʉ u
Near-low æ
Low a

References

  1. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Aritinngitigh". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  2. ↑ Aritinngithigh at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies  (see the info box for additional links)
  3. ↑ Kenneth Hale, 1976, Phonological Developments in Particular Northern Paman Languages, pp.18
  4. ↑ Kenneth Hale, 1976, Phonological Developments in Particular Northern Paman Languages, pp.18
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