Mithaka | |
States: | Queensland |
Ethnicity: | Mitaka |
Extinct: | ? |
Familycolor: | Australian |
Fam1: | Pama–Nyungan |
Fam2: | Karnic |
Fam3: | Karna |
Dia1: | Midhaga |
Dia2: | ? Karruwali (Garuwali) |
Dia3: | ? Marrulha (Marrula, Marulta)[1] |
Iso3: | rxw |
Iso3comment: | (Karuwali) |
Aiatsis: | L34 |
Aiatsisname: | Mithaka |
Aiatsis2: | L35 |
Aiatsisname2: | Karuwali |
Aiatsis3: | L33 |
Aiatsisname3: | Marulta |
Glotto: | mith1235 |
Glottorefname: | Mithaka–Karuwali |
Mithaka (also Midhaga, Mitaka) is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language in the Barcoo Shire of Western Queensland spoken by the Mitaka people.
Karruwali (Garuwali) and Marulta (Marrulha, Marrula) are counted as dialects per Dixon (2002).[2]
Breen thinks Mithaka, Marula, and Marunuda may be the same language but does not know if they are alternative names or distinct dialects of the same language.[3]
However, Bowern (2001) states that there is not enough evidence to classify them, or even to establish that they are Karnic languages.[4]