Gkuthaarn language
# 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 (and variant spellings), 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 (AUSTLANG G32) was a different local group, and AIATSIS agrees.

### Other variants

Other variant spellings included in AUSTLANG are:

* Karaldi
* Gudanda
* Gudhanda
* Gudhand
* Guandhar

## Phonology

### Consonants

| | Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Stop | p | t̪ | t | (ʈ) | c | k |
| Nasal | m | n̪ | n | ɳ | ɲ | ŋ |
| Fricative | | | | | | ɣ |
| Trill | | | r | | | |
| Flap | | | ɾ | ɻ~ɽ | | |
| Approximant | w | | | ɻ~ɽ | j | |
| Lateral | | | l | ɭ | | |

[ʈ] is attested only in the sequence [ɳʈ] and in Kukatj loans.

### Vowels

| | Front | Front rounded | Central | Back |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Non-low | i iː | ø øː | ɨ ɨː | u uː |
| Low | | | a aː | |

Kuthant has two diphthongs: /ia/ and /ua/.

## Some words

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

* irruag (tame dog)
* nyet (father)
* mooruk (mother)
* morbuy (whiteman)
