| Mpalityan | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Cape York Peninsula, Queensland |
| Ethnicity | Winduwinda |
| Extinct | By the 1960s[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | xpj Mpalitjanh |
| Glottolog | mpal1238 |
| AIATSIS[2] | Y25 |
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
Consonant Phonemes
| Peripheral | Laminal | Apical | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilabial | Velar | Palatal | Dental | Alveolar | |
| Plosive | p | k | c | t̪ | t |
| Fricative | β | ɣ | ð | ||
| Prenasalised stop | ⁿp | ⁿk | ⁿc | ⁿt̪ | ⁿt |
| Nasal | m | ŋ | ɲ | n̪ | n |
| Vibrant | r | ||||
| Approximant | w | j | l | ||
Vowel Phonemes
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| High | i | u |
| Low | æ | a |
References
- ↑ Mpalityan at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ↑ Y25 Mpalityan at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ↑ RMW Dixon (2002), Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development, p xxxi
- ↑ Kenneth Hale, 1976, Phonological Developments in Particular Northern Paman Languages, pp.10
- ↑ Kenneth Hale, 1976, Phonological Developments in Particular Northern Paman Languages, pp.10
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