Mithaka language

Extinct Australian Aboriginal language From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mithaka (also Midhaga, Mitaka) is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language in the Barcoo Shire of Western Queensland spoken by the Mitaka people.[2][3]

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Mithaka
Native toQueensland
EthnicityMitaka
Extinct(date missing)
Dialects
  • Midhaga
  • ? Karruwali (Garuwali)
  • ? Marrulha (Marrula, Marulta)[1]:xxxvii
Language codes
ISO 639-3rxw Karuwali, Garuwali
Glottologmith1235
AIATSIS[2]L34 Mithaka, L35 Karuwali, L33 Marulta
ELPMithaka
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Classification and dialects

Karruwali (Garuwali) and Marulta (Marrulha, Marrula) are counted as dialects per Dixon (2002).[1]

Breen thinks Mithaka, Marula, and Marunuda may be the same language but does not know whether they are alternative names or distinct dialects of the same language.[4]

However, Bowern (2001) states that there is not enough evidence to classify them, or even to establish that they are Karnic languages.[5]

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