Kuthant language
Kuthant, also rendered Gkuthaarn and Kutanda, is an extinct Paman language of the Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia.
| Kuthant | |
|---|---|
| Kareldi | |
| Gkuthaarn | |
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Cape York Peninsula, Queensland |
| Ethnicity | Kareldi |
| Extinct | (date missing) |
Pama–Nyungan
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| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | xut |
| Glottolog | kuth1240[1] |
| AIATSIS[2] | G31 |
Garandi/Karundi may have been the same language. Both groups went by the name Kareldi.[3]
Phonology
Consonants
| Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | p | t̪ | t | (ʈ) | c | k |
| Nasal | m | n̪ | n | ɳ | ɲ | ŋ |
| Fricative | ɣ | |||||
| Trill | r | |||||
| Flap | ɾ | ɻ~ɽ | ||||
| Approximant | w | j | ||||
| Lateral | l | ɭ |
[ʈ] is attested only in the sequence [ɳʈ] and in Kukatj loans.
Vowels
| Front | Front rounded | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-low | i iː | ø øː | ɨ ɨː | u uː |
| Low | a aː |
Kuthant has two diphthongs: /ia/ and /ua/.
References
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Kuthant". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- G31 Kuthant at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- G32 Garandi at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
External links
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