| Gkuthaarn | |
|---|---|
| Kuthant | |
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Cape York Peninsula,Queensland |
| Ethnicity | Gkuthaarn |
| Extinct | (date missing) |
| Dialects | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | xut |
| Glottolog | kuth1240 |
| AIATSIS[1] | G31 |
| ELP | Kuthant |
Gkuthaarn, also renderedKuthant,Kutanda and other variant spellings, is an extinctPaman language of theCape York Peninsula,Queensland,Australia. It also known asKarundi/Garandi (and variant spellings), but theGarandi language may be a separate dialect.
Norman Tindale also assigned the nameKareldi, but this is not confirmed by others.[2] Current sources refer to theGkuthaarn people.[3][4]
However, according toLauriston Sharp, Kotanda was also used for the now extinctKalibamu, andKarandi/Garandi (AUSTLANG G32) was a different local group,[2] andAIATSIS agrees.[5]
Other variant spellings included in AUSTLANG are:[2]
| Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | p | t̪ | t | (ʈ) | c | k |
| Nasal | m | n̪ | n | ɳ | ɲ | ŋ |
| Fricative | ɣ | |||||
| Trill | r | |||||
| Flap | ɾ | ɻ~ɽ | ||||
| Approximant | w | j | ||||
| Lateral | l | ɭ |
[ʈ] is attested only in the sequence [ɳʈ] and in Kukatj loans.
| Front | Central | Back | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unrounded | Rounded | |||
| Non-low | iiː | øøː | ɨɨː | uuː |
| Low | aaː | |||
Kuthant has twodiphthongs:/ia/ and/ua/.
According to W.E. Armit, inspector ofNative Police, these were some words of the "Karrandee tribe":[6]