Wik-Ngathan language

Wik-Ngathan
Wik-Ngathan
Wik-Iinjtjenj
Native to	Australia
Region	Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Ethnicity	Wiknatanja, Wik-Kalkan
Native speakers	3 (2016 census)
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Paman North Cape York Wik Wik-Ngathan; ; ; ;
Dialects	Wik-Ngathan; Wik-Ngatharr (Wik-Alken);
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; wig – Wik Ngathan; wik – Wikalkan
Glottolog	wikn1245 Wik-Ngathana
AIATSIS	Y54 Wik Ngathan, Y51 Wik Ngatharr
ELP	Wik-Ngathana
	Wik-Ngathan is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger.
	Coordinates: 13°52′S 141°31′E / 13.867°S 141.517°E

Wik-Ngathan, or Wik-Iinjtjenj (Wik-Iinychanya), is a Paman language spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia, by the Wik-Ngathan people. It is closely related to the other Wik-Ngathan language, Wik-Ngatharr and more distantly to the other Wik languages. In 1981 there were 130 speakers.^[3]

A dictionary of Wik-Ngathan has been compiled by Peter Sutton.^[4]

Phonology

	Peripheral		Laminal		Apical	Glottal
	Labial	Velar	Dental	Palatal	Alveolar	Glottal
Plosive	p	k	t̪	c	t	ʔ
Nasal	m	ŋ	n̪	ɲ	n
Lateral					l
Tap/Trill					ɾ ~ r
Approximant	w			j	ɹ

Sounds /m, n̪, n, ŋ, l/ are heard as syllabic [m̩, n̩, n̪̩, ŋ̍, l̩] when following consonants. A schwa [ə] may also be heard between as well, and may be heard as [ʊ] within the context of bilabials and as [ɪ] within the context of palatal consonants.
/j/ can also be heard as [ɟ] when under extreme emphasis.
Nasals may also be pre-stopped when under extreme emphasis.
/l, n/ may be heard as pre-ploded-syllabic [ᵈl̩, ᵈn̩], when following consonants.

↑ "Census 2016, Language spoken at home by Sex (SA2+)". stat.data.abs.gov.au. ABS. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
↑ Y54 Wik Ngathan at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (see the info box for additional links)
↑ Ethnologue
↑ Sutton, Peter (1995). Wik-Ngathan Dictionary.
↑ Sutton, Peter John (1978). The Wik-Ngathana Language. Wik: Aboriginal Society, Territory and Language at Cape Keerweer, Cape York Peninsula, Australia: Brisbane: University of Queensland. pp. 234–241.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)