Kugu Nganhcara language

Kugu-Muminh (Wik-Muminh), also known as Kugu- or Wik-Nganhcara (Wikngenchera), is a Paman language spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia, by several of the Wik peoples. There are multiple dialects, only two of which are still spoken: Kugu-Muminh itself, and Kugu-Uwanh.

Kugu-Muminh
Wik-Muminh
Native toAustralia
RegionCape York Peninsula, Queensland
EthnicityKugu Nganhcara, Wik Iyanh
Native speakers
30 (2005)[1]
Dialects
  • Muminh
  • Uwanh
  • Mu'inh
  • Ugbanh
  • Yi'anh
  • Iiyanh
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
xmh  Kuku-Muminh
uwa  Kuku-Uwanh
xmq  Kuku-Mangk? (unattested)
xmp  Kuku-Mu’inh
ugb  Kuku-Ugbanh
wua  Kugu-Nganhcara
wij  Wik-Iiyanh
Glottologkuku1287  Kuku[2]
wikn1246  Wikngenchera[3]
wiki1239  Wik-Iiyanh[4]
AIATSIS[1]Y59
Coordinates: 14°4′S 141°43′E

Phonology

Kugu Nganhcara consonant inventory [5]

Bilabial Apico-alveolar Lamino-dental Lamino-palatal Dorso-velar Glottal
Voiceless Stop p t th c k '
Voiced Stop b d dh j g
Nasal m n nh ny ng
Lateral l
Tap r
Glide w y

Kugu Nganhcara vowel inventory[5]

Front Back
High i i: u u:
Mid e e: o o:
Low a a:
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References

  1. Y59 Kugu-Muminh at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Kuku". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Wikngenchera". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  4. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Wik-Iiyanh". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  5. Smith, Ian, and Steve Johnson. “Kugu Nganhcara.” In Handbook of Australian Languages, edited by R. M. W. Dixon and Barry J. Blake, 5:357–507. Melbourne, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.


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