Extinct Paman language of Australia
Linngithigh |
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Liningitij |
Native to | Australia |
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Region | Cape York Peninsula, Queensland |
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Ethnicity | Linngithigh, Winduwinda |
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Extinct | The last speaker died "several years" before 1983[1] |
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Language codes |
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ISO 639-3 | lnj |
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Glottolog | leni1238 |
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AIATSIS[2] | Y26 |
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ELP | Linngithigh |
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Linngithigh (Liningitij) is an extinct Paman language formerly spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia, by the Linngithigh people. It is very similar phonologically to the closely related Alngith.[3]
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Wik | |
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Lamalamic | |
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Yalanjic | |
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