Linngithigh (linguistics)

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Linngithigh
Spoken in: Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia
Language extinction: ?
Language family: Pama-Nyungan
 Paman
  Northern
   Anguthimri
    Linngithigh
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2: aus
ISO 639-3: lnj

Linngithigh (also spelled Linngithig, Leningitij) is an extinct Australian Aboriginal dialect formerly spoken on Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia.

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Ethnologue (2006) treats Linngithigh as a distinct language. R. M. W. Dixon (2002) regards Linngithigh as a dialect of Anguthimri.

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