Mithaka language explained

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.

Classification and dialects

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Dixon, R. M. W. . R. M. W. Dixon . Australian Languages: their nature and development . Cambridge University Press . 2002 .
  2. Book: Dixon, R. M. W. . R. M. W. Dixon . Australian Languages: their nature and development . Cambridge University Press . 2002 .
  3. Breen. Gavan. Reassessing Karnic. Australian Journal of Linguistics. 27. 2. 175-199. Taylor & Francis. 2007. 10.1080/07268600701522780. 25 May 2022.
  4. Book: Bowern, Claire . 2001 . Forty years on . Karnic classification revisited . J. Simpson . 245–260 . Canberra Pacific Linguistics . https://web.archive.org/web/20211103181833/http://yale.academia.edu/ClaireBowern/Papers/1002425/Karnic_classification_revisited . 2021-11-03 . etal . dead .