Ngkoth language

Ngkoth
Ŋkot̪
Spoken in	Australia
Region	Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Extinct	Unknown
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Paman Northern Ngkoth
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
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Ngkoth (Nggɔt, Nggoth, Ŋkot) is an extinct Paman language formerly spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia, by the Ngkoth people. It is unknown when it went extinct.^[1]

Phonology

Vowels

Ngkoth has seven vowels:^[2]

	Front		Back
	Unrounded	Rounded	Rounded
Close	i		u
Close-mid	e	ø	o
Near-open	æ
Open	a

Consonants

Ngkoth has 17 consonants found in native words, and three consonants found only in loanwords:

		Bilabial	Dental	Alveolar	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Plosive		p	t̪	t		c	k	(ʔ)
Nasal		m	n̪	n		ɲ	ŋ
Fricative		(β)	(ð)				ɣ
Affricate				t͡r
Trill				r
Approximant				l	ɻ	j	w

/t͡r/ is a trilled affricate.

/β, ð, ʔ/ are the consonants only found in loanwords.

References

1. ^ Ernst Kausen (2005). Australische Sprachen. http://homepages.fh-giessen.de/kausen/klassifikationen/Australisch.doc. 
2. ^ Hale, Kenneth L. (1976). "Phonological developments in particular Northern Paman languages". Languages of Cape York. pp. 7–40.