Wik languages

Wik
Middle Paman
Ethnicity: Wik peoples
Geographic
distribution:
Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Linguistic classification:

Pama–Nyungan

Subdivisions:
  • Wik-Ngathan
  • Wik-Me'nh
  • Wik-Mungknh
  • Kugu-Muminh
  • Ayabadhu
  • Pakanha
Glottolog: wika1239  (Wik proper)[1]
paka1251  (Pakanha)[2]
wikn1246  (Kugu-Muminh)[3]

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Wik languages (green) among other Pama–Nyungan (tan)

The Wik languages are a subdivision of the Paman languages consisting of sixteen languages, all spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia. This grouping was first proposed by R. M. W. Dixon.[4]

The languages are as follows; often various dialects are considered separate languages:

Each of the Kugu-Muminh dialects may have the prefix Wik- instead of Kugu-. Wik Paach is not a Wik language despite its name.

See also

References

  1. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Wik proper". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Pakanha". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Kugu-Muminh". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  4. Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development.


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