Mpalityan
Native toAustralia
RegionCape York Peninsula, Queensland
EthnicityWinduwinda
ExtinctBy the 1960s[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3xpj Mpalitjanh
Glottologmpal1238
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

[4]

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

[5]

Front Back
High i u
Low æ a

References

  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
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