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Awngthim
Awngthim
Native to	Australia
Region	Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Ethnicity	Winduwinda
Extinct	(date missing)
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Paman North Cape York Northern Anguthimri? Awngthim; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Mamngayt (Mamangathi); Ntrwa'ngayth (Ndraangidh); Thyanngayth;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	gwm
Glottolog	awng1245
AIATSIS	Y185 Awngthim (cover term), Y31 Mamngayt, Y27 Ntrwa'angayth, Y24 Thyanngayth
ELP	Awngthim

Awngthim is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language formerly spoken in Cape York in Queensland, Australia by the Winduwinda people. The Awngthim language region includes the areas around Weipa and the Cook Shire.^[2]

Name

The name Awngthim is not a synonym of Anguthimri, though due to their similarity they have sometimes been confused.^[3]

Dialects

Hale (1964) treats Awngthim as a cover term for dialects Ntrwa'ngayth /ntʳwaʔŋajt̪/, Thyanhngayth /t̪jan̪ŋajt̪/, and Mamngayth /mamŋajt̪/.^[4] -Ngayth is a suffix common to many tribal names of the area. These are the Ntrwa'a, Thyanh, and Mam dialects.

The Ndrangith and Ndra'ngith languages have been confused with Ntrwa'ngayth.

Phonology

Consonant phonemes^[5]
	Peripheral		Laminal		Apical	Glottal
	Bilabial	Velar	Palatal	Dental	Alveolar	Glottal
Plosive	p	k	c	t̪	t	ʔ
Fricative	β	ɣ		ð
Nasal	m	ŋ	ɲ	n̪	n
Lateral					l
Post-trilled					tʳ
Vibrant					r
Approximant	w		j		ɹ

Vowel phonemes^[5]
	Front	Central	Back
High	i		u
Mid	e	ə
Low	a

References

^ ^a ^b Y185 Awngthim (cover term) at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (see the info box for additional links)
^ This Wikipedia article incorporates text from Thaynakwith published by the State Library of Queensland under CC BY licence, accessed on 6 June 2022.
^ "Request for Change to ISO 639-3 Language Code" (PDF). ISO 639-3 Registration Authority. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
^ Hale, Kenneth (1964). "Classification of Northern Paman Languages, Cape York Peninsula, Australia: A Research Report". Oceanic Linguistics. 3 (2): 248–265. doi:10.2307/3622881. JSTOR 3622881.
^ ^a ^b Kenneth Hale, 1976, Phonological Developments in Particular Northern Paman Languages, pp.16