Linngithigh dialect

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.[5]

Linngithigh
Liningitij
Native toAustralia
RegionCape York Peninsula, Queensland
Ethnicity[[]], Winduwinda
Extinct"recently extinct"[1]
(6 speakers in 1960)[2]
Language codes
ISO 639-3lnj
Glottologleni1238
AIATSIS[3]Y26
ELPLinngithigh[4]

References

  1. Linngithigh at Ethnologue (13th ed., 1996).
  2. Linngithigh dialect at Ethnologue (8th ed., 1974). Note: Data may come from an earlier edition.
  3. Y26 Linngithigh at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  4. Endangered Languages Project data for Linngithigh.
  5. Kenneth Hale, 1976, Phonological Developments in Particular Northern Paman Languages, pp.12-13


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