Madhi Madhi language

Madhi-Madhi, also known as Muthimuthi or Madi Madi,^[3] is an Indigenous Australian language spoken by the Muthi Muthi Aboriginal people of south-west New South Wales.^[4] 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.^[5]

Madhi-Madhi
Native to	Australia
Region	New South Wales
Ethnicity	Madhi Madhi
Extinct	(date missing)
Revival	[1]
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Kulinic Madhi–Ladji–Wadi Madhi-Madhi
Language codes
ISO 639-3	dmd
Glottolog	madh1244
AIATSIS[2]	D8
ELP	Mathi-Mathi

Luise Hercus^[6] published in 1989 a substantial amount of Madhi Madhi language data recorded from Jack Long, whom she described as "the last Madimadi man".

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 sounds [c, ɲ] when before front vowels.

Voicing among stop sounds /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.