Wik-Ngatharr dialect

Wik-Ngatharr
Wik-Ngatharr
Wik-Alken
Native to	Australia
Region	Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Ethnicity	Wik-Kalkan
Native speakers	fewer than the 86 reported in 1981 (2007)
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Paman North Cape York Wik Wik-Ngathan Wik-Ngatharr; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	wik
Glottolog	wika1238
AIATSIS	Y51
ELP	Wik-Ngatharr

Wik-Ngatharr, or Wik-Alken (Wik-Elken), is a Paman language spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia, by the Wik-Ngatharr people. It is a co-dialect with Wik-Ngathan, and more distantly related to the other Wik languages. In 1981 there were 86 speakers.^[3]

References[]

^ Wik-Ngatharr at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Y51 Wik-Ngatharr at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
^ Ethnologue

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[e18-1] Wik-Ngatharr at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[AIATSIS-2] Y51 Wik-Ngatharr at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

[ethnologue-3] Ethnologue

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