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Awngthim is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language formerly spoken in Cape York in Queensland, Australia by the Winduwinda people. The Awngthim language region includes the areas around Weipa and the Cook Shire.[2]

Awngthim
Native to	Australia
Region	Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Ethnicity	, Winduwinda
Extinct	(date missing)
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Paman North Cape York Northern Anguthimri? Awngthim
Dialects	Mamngayt (Mamangathi) Ntrwa'ngayth (Ndraangidh) Thyanngayth
Language codes
ISO 639-3	gwm
Glottolog	awng1245
AIATSIS[1]	Y185 Awngthim (cover term), Y31 Mamngayt, Y27 Ntrwa'angayth, Y24 Thyanngayth
ELP	Awngthim

Name

The name Awngthim is not a synonym of Anguthimri, though due to their similarity they have sometimes been confused.[3]

Dialects

Hale (1964) treats Awngthim as a cover term for dialects Ntrwa'ngayth /ntʳwaʔŋajt̪/, Thyanhngayth /t̪jan̪ŋajt̪/, and Mamngayth /mamŋajt̪/.[4] -Ngayth is a suffix common to many tribal names of the area. These are the Ntrwa'a, Thyanh, and Mam dialects.

The Ndrangith and Ndra'ngith languages have been confused with Ntrwa'ngayth.

Phonology

Consonant Phonemes

[5]

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

Vowel Phonemes

[5]

	Front	Central	Back
High	i		u
Mid	e	ə
Low	a

See also

• Ndra'ngith language, identified in Donohue (1991) as being the same as the Ntrwa'ngayth dialect, but seen as distinct by Sutton (2001)[1]

References

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