Ngkoth language
Ngkoth (Nggɔt, Nggoth, Ŋkot) is an extinct Paman language formerly spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia, by the Winduwinda. It is unknown when it became extinct.[3]
| Ngkoth | |
|---|---|
| Ŋkot̪ | |
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Cape York Peninsula, Queensland |
| Ethnicity | Trotj, Winduwinda |
| Extinct | (date missing) |
Pama–Nyungan
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| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | ngko1236[1] |
| AIATSIS[2] | Y36 |
Phonology
Consonants
Ngkoth has 17 consonants found in native words, and three consonants found only in loanwords:
| Peripheral | Laminal | Apical | Glottal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilabial | Velar | Palatal | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | ||
| Plosive | p | k | c | t̪ | t | (ʔ) | |
| Fricatives | (β) | ɣ | (ð) | ||||
| Nasals | m | ŋ | ɲ | n̪ | n | ||
| Post-trilled | t͡r | ||||||
| Vibrant | r | ||||||
| Approximants | w | j | l | ɻ | |||
/t͡r/ is a trilled affricate.
/β, ð, ʔ/ are only found in loanwords.
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References
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Ngkoth". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Y36 Ngkoth at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- Ernst Kausen (2005). "Australische Sprachen". Cite journal requires
|journal=(help) - Hale, Kenneth L. (1976). "Phonological developments in particular Northern Paman languages". Languages of Cape York. pp. 7–40.
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