Adithinngithigh language

Adithinngithigh
Adithinngithigh
Native to	Australia
Region	Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Extinct	18th-20th century AD?
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Paman North Cape York Northern Adithinngithigh; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	dth
Glottolog	None
AIATSIS	Y229
ELP	Adithinngithigh

Adithinngithigh was an Australian aboriginal language once spoken in Cape York in Queensland.

There has been some confusion over the name:

Given that Aditinngithigh and ‘Arritinngithigh’ seem to have been identified with only one estate each and the names are so similar, it might be tempting to consider their distinct spellings a mere artifact of the recording process, but the names are indeed distinct and moreover the relevant estate are noncontiguous and owned by different people.^[2]

However, it is not clear how distinct the two varieties are.

References

^ Y229 Adithinngithigh at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
^ Sutton, Peter (2001). "Talking language". In Simpson, Jane; Nash, David; Laughren, Mary; Austin, Peter; Alpher, Barry (eds.). Forty years on: Ken Hale and Australian languages. Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University. p. 459. doi:10.15144/PL-512.453. hdl:1885/146688. ISBN 978-0-85883-524-5.