Adithinngithigh language

Australian aboriginal language
Adithinngithigh
Native toAustralia
RegionCape York Peninsula, Queensland
Extinct18th-20th century AD?
Language family
Pama–Nyungan
Language codes
ISO 639-3dth
GlottologNone
AIATSIS[1]Y229
ELPAdithinngithigh

Adithinngithigh was 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

  1. ^ Y229 Adithinngithigh at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  2. ^ Sutton, Peter (2001). "Talking language". In Simpson, Jane; Nash, David; Laughren, Mary; Austin, Peter; Alpher, Barry (eds.). Forty years on: Ken Hale and Australian languages. p. 459. doi:10.15144/PL-512.453. hdl:1885/146688.
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