Wik-Ngatharr dialect
| Wik-Ngatharr | |
|---|---|
| Wik-Alken | |
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Cape York Peninsula, Queensland |
Native speakers | fewer than the 86 reported in 1981 (2007)[1] |
|
Pama–Nyungan
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
wik |
| Glottolog |
wika1238[2] |
| AIATSIS[3] |
Y51 |
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.[4]
References
- ↑ Wik-Ngatharr at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Wikalkan". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Wik-Ngatharr at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ↑ Ethnologue
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