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

[4]

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

[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
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mpalitjanh_dialect
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