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Mpalitjanh dialect

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Mpalityan
Native toAustralia
RegionCape York Peninsula, Queensland
EthnicityWinduwinda
ExtinctBy the 1960s[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3xpj Mpalitjanh
Glottologmpal1238
AIATSIS[2]Y25
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Mpalityan (Mpalitjanh) is an Australian language once spoken in the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland. It and Luthigh are dialects of a single language.[3]

Phonology

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Consonant Phonemes

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Peripheral Laminal Apical
Bilabial Velar Palatal Dental Alveolar
Plosive p k c t
Fricative β ɣ ð
Prenasalised stop ⁿp ⁿk ⁿc ⁿt̪ ⁿt
Nasal m ŋ ɲ n
Vibrant r
Approximant w j l

Vowel Phonemes

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Front Back
High i u
Low æ a

References

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  1. ^ Mpalityan at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Y25 Mpalityan at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  3. ^ RMW Dixon (2002), Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development, p xxxi
  4. ^ Kenneth Hale, 1976, Phonological Developments in Particular Northern Paman Languages, pp.10
  5. ^ Kenneth Hale, 1976, Phonological Developments in Particular Northern Paman Languages, pp.10