Kugu Nganhcara language

Kugu-Muminh
	Wik-Muminh
Native to	Australia
Region	Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Ethnicity	Kugu Nganhcara, Wik Iyanh
Native speakers	30 (2005)[1]
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Paman North Cape York Wik Kugu-Muminh; ; ; ;
Dialects	Muminh; Uwanh; Mu'inh; Ugbanh; Yi'anh; Iiyanh;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously:; xmh – Kuku-Muminh; uwa – Kuku-Uwanh; xmq – Kuku-Mangk? (unattested); xmp – Kuku-Mu’inh; ugb – Kuku-Ugbanh; wua – Kugu-Nganhcara; wij – Wik-Iiyanh
Glottolog	kuku1287 Kuku[2]; wikn1246 Wikngenchera[3]; wiki1239 Wik-Iiyanh[4]
AIATSIS[1]	Y59
	Coordinates: 14°4′S 141°43′E

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.

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

Y59 Kugu-Muminh at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Kuku". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Wikngenchera". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Wik-Iiyanh". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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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[AIATSIS-1] Y59 Kugu-Muminh at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

[Glottolog-2] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Kuku". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

[Glottolog2-3] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Wikngenchera". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

[Glottolog3-4] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Wik-Iiyanh". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

[Smith&Johnson2000-5] 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.