Wik Mungkan language
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| Wik-Mungkan | |
|---|---|
| Wik-Mungknh | |
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Cape York Peninsula, Queensland |
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Native speakers
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1,050 (2006 census)[1] |
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Pama–Nyungan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | wim |
| Glottolog | wikm1247[2] |
| AIATSIS[1] | Y57 |
Wik-Mungkan, OR Wik-Mungknh, is a Paman language spoken on the northern part of Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia, by the Wik-Mungknh people.
Dixon thought there was a Wik-Iiyanh dialect, but it turned out to be the same as the Wik-Iiyanh dialect of Kugu Nganhcara.[1]
The English language has borrowed at least one word from Wik-Mungknh, that for the taipan, a species of venomous snake native to the region.[3]
A dictionary of Wik-Mungknh has been compiled by Christine Kilham.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Wik-Mungkan at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
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