Alngith dialect

Infobox Language
name=Alngith
region=Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia
extinct=?
familycolor=Australian
fam1=Pama-Nyungan
fam2=Paman
fam3=Northern
fam4=Anguthimri
iso2=aus
iso3=aid

Alngith is a moribund extinct Australian Aboriginal dialect formerly spoken on Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia.

Classification

Ethnologue (2006) treats Alngith as a distinct language. R. M. W. Dixon (2002) regards it as a dialect of Anguthimri.

References

*cite book |last=Dixon |first=R. M. W. |authorlink=R. M. W. Dixon |year=2002 |title=Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development |location=Cambridge |publisher=Cambridge University Press |url=http://www.cambridge.org/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521473780

External links

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=aid Ethnologue report for language code:aid]