title: Gkuthaarn language
text: # 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)
  