Wik-Ngatharr dialect
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| Wik-Ngatharr | |
|---|---|
| Wik-Alken | |
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Cape York Peninsula, Queensland |
| Ethnicity | Wik-Kalkan |
Native speakers | (86 cited 1981)[1] |
Pama–Nyungan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | wik |
| Glottolog | wika1238 |
| AIATSIS[2] | Y51 |
| ELP | Wik-Ngatharr |
Wik-Ngatharr, or Wik-Alken (Wik-Elken), is a Paman language spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia, by the Wik-Ngatharr people. It is a co-dialect with Wik-Ngathan, and more distantly related to the other Wik languages. In 1981 there were 86 speakers.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Wik-Ngatharr at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Y51 Wik-Ngatharr at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
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