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Ngkoth language

Ngkoth language

Extinct Australian Aboriginal language

Ngkoth (Nggɔt, Nggoth, Ŋkot) is an extinct Paman language formerly spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia, by the Winduwinda. It is unknown when it became extinct.[2]

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Phonology

Vowels

Ngkoth has seven vowels:[3]

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Consonants

Ngkoth has 17 consonants found in native words, and three consonants found only in loanwords:

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/t͡r/ is a trilled affricate.

/β, ð, ʔ/ are only found in loanwords.

References

  1. [1]
    Y36 Ngkoth at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  2. [2]
    Ernst Kausen (2005). "Australische Sprachen". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. [3]
    Hale, Kenneth L. (1976). "Phonological developments in particular Northern Paman languages". Languages of Cape York. pp. 7–40.


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