Mithaka language

Mithaka (also Midhaga, Mitaka) is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language in the Barcoo Shire of Western Queensland spoken by the Mitaka people.^[2][3]

Mithaka
Native to	Queensland
Ethnicity	Mitaka
Extinct	(date missing)
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Karnic Karna Mithaka
Dialects	Midhaga ? Karruwali (Garuwali) ? Marrulha (Marrula, Marulta)[1]: xxxvii
Language codes
ISO 639-3	rxw (Karuwali)
Glottolog	mith1235
AIATSIS[2]	L34 Mithaka, L35 Karuwali, L33 Marulta
ELP	Mithaka

Classification and dialects

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 whether 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]