Mithaka
Native toQueensland
EthnicityMitaka
Extinct(date missing)
Dialects
  • Midhaga
  • ? Karruwali (Garuwali)
  • ? Marrulha (Marrula, Marulta)[1]: xxxvii 
Language codes
ISO 639-3rxw (Karuwali)
Glottologmith1235
AIATSIS[2]L34 Mithaka, L35 Karuwali, L33 Marulta
ELPMithaka

Mithaka (also Midhaga, Mitaka) is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language in the Barcoo Shire of Western Queensland spoken by the Mitaka people.[2][3]

Classification and dialects

Karruwali (Garuwali) and Marulta (Marrulha, Marrula) are counted as dialects per Dixon (2002).[1]

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.[4]

However, Bowern (2001) states that there is not enough evidence to classify them, or even to establish that they are Karnic languages.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: their nature and development. Cambridge University Press.
  2. ^ a b L34 Mithaka at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies  (see the info box for additional links)
  3. ^ This Wikipedia article incorporates text from Mithaka published by the State Library of Queensland under CC BY licence, accessed on 25 May 2022.
  4. ^ Breen, Gavan (2007). "Reassessing Karnic". Australian Journal of Linguistics. Taylor & Francis. 27 (2): 175–199. doi:10.1080/07268600701522780. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  5. ^ Bowern, Claire (2001). "Karnic classification revisited". In J. Simpson; et al. (eds.). Forty years on. Canberra Pacific Linguistics. pp. 245–260. Archived from the original on 3 November 2021.

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