| Mpalityan | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Cape York Peninsula,Queensland |
| Ethnicity | Winduwinda |
| Extinct | by 1960s[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | xpj Mpalitjanh |
| Glottolog | mpal1238 |
| AIATSIS[2] | Y25 |
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Mpalityan (Mpalitjanh) is an Australian language once spoken in theCape York Peninsula ofQueensland. It andLuthigh are dialects of a single language.[3]
| 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 | ||
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| High | i | u |
| Low | æ | a |
