Madhi Madhi dialect

Madhi-Madhi
Madhi-Madhi
Native to	Australia
Region	New South Wales
Ethnicity	Madhi Madhi
Extinct	late 20th century, with the death of Jack Long
Revival
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Kulinic Madhi–Ladji–Wadi Madhi-Madhi; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	dmd
Glottolog	madh1244
AIATSIS	D8
ELP	Mathi-Mathi

Madhi-Madhi, also known as Muthimuthi or Madi Madi, is an Indigenous Australian language spoken by the Muthi Muthi Aboriginal people of south-west New South Wales. It is also known as Madhi Madhi, Madi Madi, Bakiin, Mataua, Matimati, Matthee matthee, Moorta Moorta, Mudhi Mudhi, Muthimuthi, Muti muti, Muttee Muttee, Madimadi, Mutte Mutte, or Madi madi.

Luise Hercus published in 1989 a substantial amount of Madhi Madhi language data recorded from Jack Long, whom she described as "the last Madimadi man" and the last speaker of the language.

Phonology

Consonants

	Labial	Velar	Dental	Palatal	Alveolar	Retroflex
Plosive	p	k	t̪	(c)	t	ʈ
Nasal	m	ŋ	n̪	(ɲ)	n	ɳ
Rhotic					ɾ
Lateral			l̪		l	ɭ
Approximant	w			j

/t̪, n̪/ are heard as palatal [c, ɲ] when before front vowels.

Voicing among stops /p, k, t̪~c, t, ʈ/ as [b, ɡ, d̪~ɟ, d, ɖ] may also be heard in syllable-initial positions or when following nasal sounds.

/t̪/ can be lenited as [θ] when in intervocalic positions, and as [ð] in post-nasal, word-medial position.

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
High	i		u
Mid	e
Low		a

Vowels are heard as [ɪ, ɛ~ə, ɐ, ʊ] when in lax positions.

References

1 2 Hercus, L. A. "Three linguistic studies from far south western NSW", Aboriginal History, 1989; v. 13 no. 1-2., p. 44-62. Archived 23 March 2021 at the Wayback Machine.
↑ Bowern, Claire (2011). How many languages were spoken in Australia?.
↑ D8 Madhi-Madhi at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
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- ISO 639-3 Registration Authority (2011). Change Request Number 2011-102: adopted create [dmd] (2012-02-03). Dallas: SIL International.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
↑ Rees D. Barrett, Significant People in Australia's History, Issue 1 (Macmillan Education AU, 2009 ) p13.
↑ "D8: Mutti Mutti / Muthi Muthi". AUSTLANG. AIATSIS. Retrieved 16 May 2019.

Blake, Barry J.; Hercus, Louise; Morey, Stephen; Ryan, Edward (2011). The Mathi group of languages (PDF). Canberra: Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-85883-635-8. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 July 2020.

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[:0-1] 1 2 Hercus, L. A. "Three linguistic studies from far south western NSW", Aboriginal History, 1989; v. 13 no. 1-2., p. 44-62. Archived 23 March 2021 at the Wayback Machine.

[2] Bowern, Claire (2011). How many languages were spoken in Australia?.

[AIATSIS-3] D8 Madhi-Madhi at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

[4] 
ISO 639-3 Registration Authority (2011). Change Request Number 2011-102: adopted create [dmd] (2012-02-03). Dallas: SIL International.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[mwrA] ISO 639-3 Registration Authority (2011). Change Request Number 2011-102: adopted create [dmd] (2012-02-03). Dallas: SIL International.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[5] Rees D. Barrett, Significant People in Australia's History, Issue 1 (Macmillan Education AU, 2009 ) p13.

[AUSTLANG-6] "D8: Mutti Mutti / Muthi Muthi". AUSTLANG. AIATSIS. Retrieved 16 May 2019.