Yitha Yitha language

Yitha-Yitha
Yitha-Yitha
Lower Darling–Lower Lachlan
Region	South Australia
Ethnicity	Yitha Yitha, Dadi Dadi
Native speakers	10 (2005)
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Lower Murray Yitha-Yitha; ;
Dialects	Yitha-Yitha; Dardi-Dardi (Tati-Tati, Ta-tati);
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; xth – Yitha Yitha; dda – Dadi Dadi
Glottolog	lowe1403
AIATSIS	D7 Yitha Yitha, S28 Dadi Dadi
ELP	Yitha-Yitha
	Dadi Dadi
	Jitajita traditional lands

Yitha-Yitha is a moribund language of southern South Australia spoken by the Yitha Yitha people. The language was studied in the 1980s. Yita Yita has many monosyllabic words, consonant finals and consonant clusters. Many Yita Yita place names include the words tin meaning foot, and cabul meaning leg.

References

^ ^a ^b D7 Yitha Yitha at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (see the info box for additional links)
^ Endangered Languages Project data for Dadi Dadi.

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[AIATSIS-1] D7 Yitha Yitha at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (see the info box for additional links)

[ELP2-2] Endangered Languages Project data for Dadi Dadi.

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