Limilngan, also known as Limil and Manidja (also spelt Manitja), is an extinct Aboriginal Australian language of the Top End of Australia. Names and ownership The language as well as its speakers are known by three names: Limilngan, Limil and Manidja / Manitja, the latter being an exonym. Buneidja is regarded as the same language, and the people are sometimes referred to by this name. Traditional lands Limilngan was spoken in the Darwin hinterland, in the Mary River (Northern Territory) area of Kakadu. Phonology The Limilngan language uses the three vowel system; /a/, /i/, /u/. The three sounds can result in allophones as /ɑ,æ/, /ɪ/, and /ʊ/. Vocabulary Limilngan plant and animal names: Animals {| class="wikitable sortable" ! English gloss !! Limilngan |- | animal || lulayi |- | bandicoot || urugalitjbagi |- | cattle || bulikgi |- | dingo || dimarrkginyan |- | dog || ngiliyi |- | dugong || anmat dumuligan |- | echidna || mumuligan mamban |- | flying fox (black) || mumalingan |- | flying fox (red) || lumarninyan damban |- | horse || nandu |- | kangaroo || anmat dumuligan |- | mouse || liyil |- | native cat || dirdatj |- | native cat || gitjbi damban |- | old man kangaroo || madlingi minyayan |- | possum || lulikbi dinyayan |- | sugar glider || marnijurrkgurrk |- | tree rat || luwarli |- | wallaby (agile) || bungal minyayan |- | wallaby (short-eared rock) || itbilinyngan |- | wallaroo (black) || lunybim |- | black-headed python || iwirli |- | black whipsnake || lamurr |- | blue tongue lizard || mimiluk minyayan |- | Burton's legless lizard || laminy dagiyan |- | carpet snake || irrun damban |- | crocodile || latdinyayan |- | death adder || iyatdururr |- | file snake || bitjjurnurnu |- | freshwater crocodile || linan dirrinyan |- | frill-necked lizard || lam |- | goanna sp. || mirtbinalk mamban |- | goanna sp. || birnirriny |- | goanna || limiji damban |- | golden tree snake || lagun |- | keelback snake || limin biyal |- | king brown snake || alinyman dinyayan |- | lizard sp. || badambip |- | lizard sp. || lanay |- | lizard sp. || liminalk |- | lizard sp. || minyim binyayan |- | long-necked turtle || lulayk |- | MacLeay's water snake (Pseudoferania polylepis) || layi |- | olive python ||