Tindale lists Mbalidjan (Y25) as an alternative name of Winduwinda, and says that it may be the name of a group (1974:189-190). However the location in Hale (1964:252), the Dulcie River region, is a different area from that described in Tindale.
The origin of the term Winduwinda is geographical, centering on the Winda Winda Creek area and covering groups with lands between the Archer and Mission Rivers (Sutton, 2001:460).
There are some data for Mpalityan (T25) in Hale (1976: 8-9), who identifies similarities in vocabulary with Lutuɣ Y12 but describes differences in phonological developments.
In an earlier work he describes Mpalityan and Lutuɣ Y12 as closely related dialects; his comparison of kinship terms collected by McConnel (1950) indicates his data for Mpalityan correspond with hers for Lɔ:tig (Y25) and her data for Tepti Y15 corresponds to his for Lutuɣ Y12 (1964:252-3).
Following Hale, Dixon treats Luthigh Y12 and Mpalitjanh (Y25) two as separate dialects (2002:xxxi).
In the middle and upper Ducie River area [Cape York Peninsula] (Hale 1964:252).
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Speaker numbers were measured differently across the censuses and various other sources listed in AUSTLANG. You are encouraged to refer to the sources.
Speaker numbers for ‘NILS 2004’ and ‘2005 estimate’ come from 'Table F.3: Numbers of speakers of Australian Indigenous languages (various surveys)' in 'Appendix F NILS endangerment and absolute number results' in McConvell, Marmion and McNicol 2005, pages 198-230 (PDF, 2.5MB).
