Kugu-Muminh (Wik-Muminh), also known as Kugu- or Wik-Nganhcara (Wikngenchera), is a Paman language spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia, by several of the Wik peoples. There are multiple dialects, only two of which are still spoken: Kugu-Muminh itself, and Kugu-Uwanh.
Kugu-Muminh | |
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Wik-Muminh | |
Native to | Australia |
Region | Cape York Peninsula, Queensland |
Ethnicity | Kugu Nganhcara, Wik Iyanh |
Native speakers | 30 (2005)[1] |
Pama–Nyungan
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Dialects |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Variously:xmh – Kuku-Muminhuwa – Kuku-Uwanhxmq – Kuku-Mangk? (unattested)xmp – Kuku-Mu’inhugb – Kuku-Ugbanhwua – Kugu-Nganhcarawij – Wik-Iiyanh |
Glottolog | kuku1287 Kukuwikn1246 Wikngencherawiki1239 Wik-Iiyanh |
AIATSIS[1] | Y59 |
ELP | Kugu-Nganhcara |
![]() Wikngenchera is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Coordinates: 14°4′S 141°43′E / 14.067°S 141.717°E |
Phonology
editBilabial | Alveolar | Dental | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
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Plosive | voiceless | p | t | t̪ | c | k | ʔ |
voiced | b | d | d̪ | ɟ | ɡ | ||
Nasal | m | n | n̪ | ɲ | ŋ | ||
Lateral | l | ||||||
Tap | ɾ | ||||||
Glide | w | j |
Front | Back | |
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High | i iː | u uː |
Mid | e eː | o oː |
Low | a aː |
References
edit- ^ a b Y59 Kugu-Muminh at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ^ a b Smith, Ian, and Steve Johnson. “Kugu Nganhcara.” In Handbook of Australian Languages, edited by R. M. W. Dixon and Barry J. Blake, 5:357–507. Melbourne, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.
Smith, Ian and Johnson, Steve, 1986. Sociolinguistic patterns in an unstratified society: The patrilects of Kugu Nganhcara. Journal of the Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association 8:29–43.
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