Adithinngithigh language
Not to be confused with Aritinngithigh language.
| Adithinngithigh | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Cape York Peninsula, Queensland |
| Extinct | (date missing) |
|
Pama–Nyungan
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
dth |
| Glottolog | None |
| AIATSIS[1] |
Y229* |
Adithinngithigh is an Australian aboriginal language once spoken in Cape York in Queensland.
There has been some confusion over the name:
Given that Aditinngithigh and ‘Arritinngithigh’ seem to have been identified with only one estate each and the names are so similar, it might be tempting to consider their distinct spellings a mere artifact of the recording process, but the names are indeed distinct and moreover the relevant estate are noncontiguous and owned by different people.[2]
However, it is not clear how distinct the two varieties are.
References
- ↑ Adithinngithigh at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ↑ Peter Sutton (2001) "Talking language". In Simpson, et al. (ed), Forty years on: Ken Hale and Australian languages, p 459.
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