Wik Ngathan

Wik Ngathan

Infobox Language
name=Wik-Ngathan
states=Australia
region=Queensland, Cape York Peninsula, west coast below Aurukun.
latd=13 |latm=52 |latNS=S
longd=141 |longm=31 |longEW=E
speakers=126 (1981 Wurm and Hattori).
iso3=wig
familycolor=Australian
fam1=Australian
fam2=Pama-Nyungan
fam3=Paman
fam4=Middle Pama
notice=nonotice

Wik Ngathan is an aboriginal language of northern Cape York, Queensland, Australia. Recent surveys indicate that there are 126 native speakers of Wik Ngathan. It is most closely related to other Wik languages.The Summer Institute of Linguistics [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=wig Ethnologue report for Wik Ngathan] .]

There is a dictionary of Wik Ngathan by Peter Sutton. [ Sutton, Peter. 1995. Wik Ngathan dictionary.]

References

External links

* The Summer Institute of Linguistics' [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=wig Ethnologue report for Wik Ngathan.]


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