Koko-Bera language
(Redirected from Koko Babangk language)
| Gugubera | |
|---|---|
| Koko Pera | |
| Kok-Kaper | |
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Cape York Peninsula, Queensland |
| Ethnicity | Kokopera |
Native speakers | 18 (2021 census)[1] |
Pama–Nyungan
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| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:kkp – Guguberaokg – Koko Babangk |
| Glottolog | gugu1254 |
| AIATSIS[3] | Y85 Kok-Kaper, Y203 Kok-Paponk, Y204 Koko Beberam, Y209 Kok Wap |
| ELP | Koko-Bera |
| Koko Babangk[4] | |
 Koko-Bera is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Gugubera (Koko Pera), or Kok-Kaper, is a Paman language of the Cape York Peninsula, Queensland in Australia
Phonology
[edit]Consonants
[edit]| Peripheral | Laminal | Apical | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labial | Velar | Dental | Palatal | Alveolar | Retroflex | |
| Plosive | p | k | t̪ | c | t | |
| Nasal | m | ŋ | n̪ | ɲ | n | |
| Rhotic | ɾ ~ r | |||||
| Lateral | l | |||||
| Approximant | w | j | ɻ | |||
Vowels
[edit]| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | u | |
| Mid | e | ə | o |
| Low | a |
References
[edit]- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021). "Cultural diversity: Census". Retrieved 13 October 2022.
- ^ RMW Dixon (2002), Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development, p xxxii
- ^ Y85 Kok-Kaper at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (see the info box for additional links)
- ^ Endangered Languages Project data for Koko Babangk.
- ^ Black, Paul; Koch, Grace (1983). Koko-Bera Island Style Music. In Aboriginal History, 7(1/2). pp. 157–172.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Black, Paul (2011). Co-narration of a Koko-Bera story: giants in Cape York Peninsula. In Brett Baker and Ilana Mushin and Mark Harvey and Rod Gardner (eds.), Indigenous language and social identity: papers in honour of Michael Walsh: Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University. pp. 261–274.
External links
[edit]- Paradisec open access collection of vocabulary in Gugubera.
- Paradisec open access collection of recordings in several languages including Gugubera.
- Paradisec collection of recordings in Gugubera.
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