Ndra'ngith language explained

Ndra'ngith language should not be confused with Ndrangith language.

Ndra'ngith
States:Australia
Region:Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Ethnicity:, Winduwinda
Extinct:?
Familycolor:Australian
Fam1:Pama–Nyungan
Fam2:Paman
Fam3:North Cape York
Fam4:Northern
Fam5:Anguthimri
Iso3:dgt
Aiatsis:Y39
Glotto:ndra1239
Notice:IPA

Ndra'ngith (Ntra'angith) is an Australian language once spoken in the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland.

Donohue (1991) identifies Ndra'ngith as the same dialect as Ntrwa'ngayth, but Sutton (2001) presents it as being distinct. Sutton also distinguishes it from the similar-sounding Ndrangith language and Ndwa'ngith language.

Phonology

Consonant phonemes

[1]

PeripheralLaminalApicalGlottal
BilabialVelarPalatalDentalAlveolarRetroflex
Plosivepkctʔ
Fricativeβɣð
Nasalmŋɲn
Post-trilled
Vibrantr
Approximantwjlɻ

Vowel phonemes

[2]

FrontBack
Highiu
Mide
Lowa

Notes and References

  1. Kenneth Hale, 1976, Phonological Developments in Particular Northern Paman Languages, pp.16
  2. Kenneth Hale, 1976, Phonological Developments in Particular Northern Paman Languages, pp.16