Gkuthaarn
Kuthant
Native toAustralia
RegionCape York Peninsula, Queensland
EthnicityGkuthaarn
Extinct(date missing)
Dialects
Language codes
ISO 639-3xut
Glottologkuth1240
AIATSIS[1]G31
ELPKuthant

Gkuthaarn, also rendered Kuthant, Kutanda and other variant spellings, is an extinct Paman language of the Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia. It also known as Karundi/Garandi (and variant spellings), but the Garandi language may be a separate dialect.

Norman Tindale also assigned the name Kareldi, but this is not confirmed by others.[2] Current sources refer to the Gkuthaarn people.[3][4]

Alternative names

Tindale

However, according to Lauriston Sharp, Kotanda was also used for the now extinct Kalibamu, and Karandi/Garandi (AUSTLANG G32) was a different local group,[2] and AIATSIS agrees.[5]

Other variants

Other variant spellings included in AUSTLANG are:[2]

Phonology

Consonants

Bilabial Dental Alveolar Retroflex Palatal Velar
Stop p t̪ t (ʈ) c k
Nasal m n̪ n ɳ ɲ ŋ
Fricative ɣ
Trill r
Flap ɾ ɻ~ɽ
Approximant w j
Lateral l ɭ

[ʈ] is attested only in the sequence [ɳʈ] and in Kukatj loans.

Vowels

Front Front rounded Central Back
Non-low i iː ø øː ɨ ɨː u uː
Low a aː

Kuthant has two diphthongs: /ia/ and /ua/.

Some words

According to W.E. Armit, inspector of Native Police, these were some words of the "Karrandee tribe":[6]

References

  1. ^ G31 Gkuthaarn at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  2. ^ a b c d e G31 Ghutkaarn at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  3. ^ "Gkuthaarn Kukatj Indigenous Land & Sea Ranger". Carpentaria Land Council Aboriginal Corporation. September 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  4. ^ Barry, Derek (30 September 2020). "Native title win for Gkuthaarn and Kukatj people". The North West Star. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  5. ^ G32 Garandi at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  6. ^ Armit, W. E. (1886). "Mouth of the Norman" (PDF). In Curr, Edward Micklethwaite (ed.). The Australian race: its origin, languages, customs, place of landing in Australia and the routes by which it spread itself over the continent. Vol. 2. Melbourne: J. Ferres. pp. 306–309.

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