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Mpalityan

Native to Australia

Region Cape York Peninsula, Queensland

Ethnicity Winduwinda

Extinct By the 1960se25

Language family

Pama–Nyungan

Paman
- North Cape York
  - Northern
    - Luthigh
      - Mpalityan

AIATSIS Y25

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Mpalityan (Mpalitjanh) is an Australian language once spoken in the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland. It and Luthigh are dialects of a single language.

Phonology

Consonant Phonemes

	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

Vowel Phonemes

	Front	Back
High	i	u
Low	æ	a

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