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| Pitta Pitta | |
|---|---|
| Region | Queensland |
| Ethnicity | Pitapita,Ringaringa,Rakkaia,Karanya,Kungkalenja,Maiawali |
Native speakers | (3 cited 1979)[1] likely extinct |
| Dialects |
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| Pitha Pitha Sign Language | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | pit – inclusive codeIndividual code: yxa – Mayawali (Maiawali) |
| Glottolog | pitt1247 Pitta Pitta |
| AIATSIS[3] | G6 Pitta Pitta (other dialects listed from here) |
| ELP | Pitta-Pitta |
Pitta Pitta (also known by several other names and spellings) is anextinctAustralian Aboriginal language. It was spoken aroundBoulia, Queensland.[4]
In 1979, Barry J. Blake reported that Pitta Pitta was "virtually extinct", with only three speakers remaining – Ivy Nardoo of Boulia, and Ted Marshall and Linda Craigie ofMount Isa.[1] It is now considered unlikely that any speakers remain.[5]
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | iiː | uuː | |
| Low | aaː |
| Peripheral | Laminal | Apical | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labial | Velar | Dental | Palatal | Alveolar | Retroflex | ||
| Plosive | p | k | t̪ | c | t | ʈ | |
| Nasal | m | ŋ | n̪ | ɲ | n | ɳ | |
| Lateral | l̪ | ʎ | l | ɭ | |||
| Tap/Trill | ɾ | r | |||||
| Approximant | w | j | ɻ | ||||
Below is a basic vocabulary list fromBlake (1981).[6]
| English | Pitta-Pitta |
|---|---|
| man | karna |
| woman | parratya |
| mother | ngamari |
| father | yapiri |
| head | karti |
| eye | miyi |
| nose | milya |
| ear | ngarra |
| mouth | parla |
| tongue | ṯarli |
| tooth | mirlka |
| hand | mara |
| breast | kaputyu |
| stomach | ngampa |
| urine | purra |
| faeces | kuna |
| thigh | marla |
| foot | ṯina |
| bone | pirna |
| blood | kimpa |
| dog | piyawarli |
| snake | kaṯi |
| kangaroo | kulipila |
| possum | ṯinapali |
| fish | kupi |
| spider | kupu |
| mosquito | kuṉṯi |
| emu | warrukatyi |
| eaglehawk | kurriṯala |
| crow | wakiri |
| sun | warlka |
| moon | tyangi |
| star | tyinpi |
| stone | tipu |
| water | ngapu |
| camp | ngurra |
| fire | maka |
| smoke | kuṯu |
| food | yaṉṯurru |
| meat | kaṯi |
| stand | ṯarrka |
| sit | ṉangka |
| see | ṉatyi |
| go | karnta |
| get | marri |
| hit | piṯi |
| I | ngantya |
| you | inpa |
| one | ngururu |
| two | parrkula |
The namepituri for the leaves chewed as a stimulant by traditional Aboriginal people has been claimed to be derived from the Pitta Pitta wordpijiri.[7][8] though Walter Roth pointed out in 1897 that the word 'pituri', thus pronounced, was the term used by the neighbouringYurlayurlanya people, and added that the Pitta Pitta people called it "tarembola".[9]
The Pitta Pitta had well-developed asigned form of their language.[10]
