Wik-Ngathan language
Wik-Ngathan, or Wik-Iinjtjenj (Wik-Iinychanya), is a Paman language spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia, by the Wik-Ngathan people. It is closely related to the other Wik-Ngathan language, Wik-Ngatharr and more distantly to the other Wik languages. In 1981 there were 130 speakers.[4]
| Wik-Ngathan | |
|---|---|
| Wik-Iinjtjenj | |
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Cape York Peninsula, Queensland |
| Ethnicity | Wiknatanja, Wik-Kalkan |
Native speakers | 3 (2016 census)[1] |
Pama–Nyungan
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| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:wig – Wik Ngathanwik – Wikalkan |
| Glottolog | wikn1245 Wik-Ngathana[2] |
| AIATSIS[3] | Y54 Wik Ngathan, Y51 Wik Ngatharr |
| Coordinates: 13°52′S 141°31′E | |
A dictionary of Wik-Ngathan has been compiled by Peter Sutton.[5]
References
- "Census 2016, Language spoken at home by Sex (SA2+)". stat.data.abs.gov.au. ABS. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Wik-Ngathana". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Y54 Wik Ngathan at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (see the info box for additional links)
- Ethnologue
- Sutton, Peter (1995). Wik-Ngathan Dictionary.
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