Adithinngithigh language

Not to be confused with Aritinngithigh language.

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[1]	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

1. Y229 Adithinngithigh at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
2. 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.