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Kok-Nar
Gundara
Kuuk-Nhang
Native to	Australia
Region	Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Extinct	(date missing)
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Paman Kok-Nar
Language codes
ISO 639-3	gko
Glottolog	kokn1236
AIATSIS	G29
ELP	Kok-Nar

Kok Narr (Kok-Nar) is an extinct Paman language of the Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia.

Country

Ancestral Koknar(Kwantari) territory is estimated to cover 2,400 square miles (6,200 km²) and extended from Galbraith Station and the northern bank of the lower Staaten River inland to Old Koolatah, north to Inkerman and the middle of the Nassau River.

Phonology

Consonants

		Peripheral		Laminal		Apical
		Labial	Velar	Dental	Palatal	Alveolar	Retroflex
Plosive		p	k	t̪	c	t
Nasal		m	ŋ	n̪	ɲ	n
Fricative		β	ɣ
Rhotic	trill					r
	tap					ɾ
Approximant		w			j	l	ɻ

• /ɻ/ may also be heard as a lateral [ɭ] in word-initial positions.

Vowels

	Front		Central	Back
Close	i			u
Mid	e	œ	ə	o
Open			a

• [ɛ] may be heard as an allophone of /i/ when after sounds /ɾ, r, j/.

Sources

• Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Kwantari (QLD)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University Press. ISBN 978-0-708-10741-6. Archived from the original on 2015-03-11. Retrieved 2024-01-23.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)