Mpalitjanh dialect

Mpalityan
Mpalityan
Native to	Australia
Region	Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Ethnicity	Winduwinda
Extinct	by 1960s
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Paman North Cape York Northern Luthigh Mpalityan; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	xpj Mpalitjanh
Glottolog	mpal1238
AIATSIS	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

Consonants

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	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

Vowels

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	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

[e25-1] Mpalityan at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

[AIATSIS-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

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