Linngithigh
Liningitij
Native toAustralia
RegionCape York Peninsula, Queensland
EthnicityLinngithigh, Winduwinda
ExtinctThe last speaker died "several years" before 1983[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3lnj
Glottologleni1238
AIATSIS[2]Y26
ELPLinngithigh

Linngithigh (Liningitij) is an extinct Paman language formerly spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia, by the Linngithigh people. It is very similar phonologically to the closely related Alngith.[3]

References

  1. ^ Linngithigh at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Y26 Linngithigh at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  3. ^ Kenneth Hale, 1976, Phonological Developments in Particular Northern Paman Languages, pp.12-13


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