Atampaya
Atampaya was a Pama-Nyungan language once spoken in Australia.
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Urradhi is a Paman language of the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia, and is apparently extinct. It forms a group of closely related and highly mutually intelligible dialects, these being Urradhi on the coast to the south-west, spoken by the Urradhi people; Angkamuthi to the west north of Urradhi; Utudhanamu inland north from Atampaya, Yantaykenu further north, being the language of the Bamaga area; Yadhaykenu on the east coast north of Wudhadhi; and Yaraytyana further north again. (Adyinuri/Itinadyana may have been another.) The language has no common name, though 'Urradhi' is commonly used as a cover term. Speakers of the Angkamuthi, Atambaya and Yadhaykanuuse dialects use the term Injinoo Ikya to refer to their language.
The Urradhi dialects are closely related to the Gudang language (Pantyinamu/Yatay/Gudang/Kartalaiga and other clan names), formerly spoken on the tip of Cape York.
The traditional language region includes north of Mapoon and Duyfken Point and east of the coast strip to the north of Port Musgrave (Angkamuthi country) incorporating the mouth of the Ducie River, the lower reaches of the Dulhunty River and the upper reaches of the Skardon River in the north. Following the displacement of Indigenous people by British settlement, it was also spoken in the Northern Peninsula Area Region including the communities of New Mapoon, Injinoo and Cowal Creek.
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Words in Atampaya
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | ama* | |
| name | aNyal* | |
| eye | ipa4* | |
| ear | ukuTi* | |
| nose | umuxa4u* | |
| tooth | Nampu* | |
| tongue | lalan* | |
| hand | mata* | |
| blood | uTu5* | |
| bone | apu8a* | |
| skin | aku5* | |
| knee | wuNku* | |
| breast | u5uNu* | |
| liver | lipa* | |
| water | ipi* | |
| fire | uma* | |
| sun | wuNa* | |
| star | unpi* | |
| stone | apa4* | |
| mountain | rantal* | |
| tree | yuku* | |
| leaf | yampa* | |
| night | manma* | |
| dog | utaxa* | |
| louse | ubi* | |
| one | 4ipima* | |
| two | u8yama* | |
| I | ayu* | |
| you | antu* | |
| we | ana* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
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- Kuku-UwanhPama-Nyungan16% alike
- YidiñPama-Nyungan12% alike
- Konkan MarathiIndo-European12% alike
Grammar
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- OrokTungusic88% alike
- HrusoIsolates88% alike
- BugunSino-Tibetan86% alike
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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