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 variant spellings included in AUSTLANG are:
 * Other variants
 * Karaldi
 * Gudanda
 * Gudhanda
 * Gudhand
 * Guandhar

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

Vowels
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 (white man)