Wik-Ngatharr_dialect

Wik-Ngatharr dialect

Wik-Ngatharr dialect

Paman language of Queensland, Australia

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.[1]

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References

  1. [1]
    Wik-Ngatharr at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. [2]
    Y51 Wik-Ngatharr at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies


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