Ndra'ngith language

Ndra'ngith (Ntra'angith) is an Australian language once spoken in the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland.

Not to be confused with Ndrangith language.
Ndra'ngith
Native toAustralia
RegionCape York Peninsula, Queensland
Ethnicity[[]], Winduwinda
Extinct(date missing)
Language codes
ISO 639-3dgt
Glottologndra1239
AIATSIS[1]Y39

Donohue (1991) identifies Ndra'ngith as the same dialect as Ntrwa'ngayth, but Sutton (2001) presents it as being distinct. Sutton also distinguishes it from the similar-sounding Ndrangith language and Ndwa'ngith language.[1]

Phonology

Consonant phonemes

[2]

Peripheral Laminal Apical Glottal
Bilabial Velar Palatal Dental Alveolar Retroflex
Plosive p k c t̪ t ʔ
Fricative β ɣ ð
Nasal m ŋ ɲ n̪ n
Post-trilled tʳ
Vibrant r
Approximant w j l ɻ

Vowel phonemes

[3]

Front Back
High i u
Mid e
Low a

References
  1. Y39 Ndra'ngith at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  2. Kenneth Hale, 1976, Phonological Developments in Particular Northern Paman Languages, pp.16
  3. Kenneth Hale, 1976, Phonological Developments in Particular Northern Paman Languages, pp.16
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