Mithaka | |
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Native to | Queensland |
Ethnicity | Mitaka |
Extinct | (date missing) |
Dialects |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
rxw (Karuwali) |
Glottolog |
mith1235 |
AIATSIS [2] |
L34 Mithaka,
L35 Karuwali,
L33 Marulta |
ELP | Mithaka |
Mithaka (also Midhaga, Mitaka) is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language in the Barcoo Shire of Western Queensland spoken by the Mitaka people. [2] [3]
Karruwali (Garuwali) and Marulta (Marrulha, Marrula) are counted as dialects per Dixon (2002). [1]
Breen thinks Mithaka, Marula, and Marunuda may be the same language but does not know if they are alternative names or distinct dialects of the same language. [4]
However, Bowern (2001) states that there is not enough evidence to classify them, or even to establish that they are Karnic languages. [5]