Mithaka language

Mithaka
Native to	Australia
Ethnicity	Mitaka
Extinct	(date missing)
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Karnic Karna Mithaka; ; ;
Dialects	Midhaga; ? Karruwali (Garuwali); ? Marrulha (Marrula, Marulta)[1];
Language codes
ISO 639-3	rxw (Karuwali)
Glottolog	mith1235
AIATSIS[2]	L34 Mithaka, L35 Karuwali, L33 Marulta
ELP	Mithaka[3]

Mithaka (Midhaga) is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language.[4]

Karruwali (Garuwali) and Marulta (Marrulha, Marrula) are counted as dialects per Dixon (2002). However, Bowern (2001) states that there is not enough evidence to classify them, or even to establish that they are Karnic languages.

References

RMW Dixon (2002), Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development, p xxxvii
L34 Mithaka at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (see the info box for additional links)
Endangered Languages Project data for Mithaka.
Bowern, Claire (2001). "Karnic classification revisited". In J Simpson; et al. (eds.). Forty years on. Canberra Pacific Linguistics. pp. 245–260. Archived from the original on 20 May 2012.

External links

Bibliography of Garuwali people and language resources, at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

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[1] RMW Dixon (2002), Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development, p xxxvii

[AIATSIS-2] L34 Mithaka at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (see the info box for additional links)

[ELP1-3] Endangered Languages Project data for Mithaka.

[4] Bowern, Claire (2001). "Karnic classification revisited". In J Simpson; et al. (eds.). Forty years on. Canberra Pacific Linguistics. pp. 245–260. Archived from the original on 20 May 2012.