Gkuthaarn language


Gkuthaarn, also rendered Kuthant, Kutanda and other variant spellings, is an extinct Paman language of the Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia. It also known as Karundi/'Garandi', but the Garandi language may be a separate dialect.
Norman Tindale also assigned the name Kareldi, but this is not confirmed by others. Current sources refer to the Gkuthaarn people.

Alternative names

;Tindale:
  • Kotanda, also spelt Kutanda, Goothanto
  • Karundi, also spelt Karunti, Kurandi, Ka-rantee, Karrandi, Karrandee, Gar-und-yih, thought to be derived from Karun-/Gooran, meaning scrublands people.
However, according to Lauriston Sharp, Kotanda was also used for the now extinct Kalibamu, and Karandi/Garandi was a different local group, and AIATSIS agrees.
;Other variants
Other variant spellings included in AUSTLANG are:
  • Karaldi
  • Gudanda
  • Gudhanda
  • Gudhand
  • Guandhar

    Phonology

Consonants

  • is attested only in the sequence and in Kukatj loans.

    Vowels

  • Kuthant has two diphthongs: and.

    Some words

According to W.E. Armit, inspector of Native Police, these were some words of the "Karrandee tribe":
  • irruag
  • nyet
  • mooruk
  • morbuy