Social:Kugu Nganhcara language
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Short description: Australian Aboriginal language
| Kugu-Muminh | |
|---|---|
| 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 Kuku[2]wikn1246 Wikngenchera[3]wiki1239 Wik-Iiyanh[4] |
| AIATSIS[1] | Y59 |
 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 | |
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.
Phonology
Kugu Nganhcara consonant inventory[5]
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Dental | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voiceless Stop | p | t | t̪ | c | k | ʔ |
| Voiced Stop | b | d | d̪ | ɟ | ɡ | |
| Nasal | m | n | n̪ | ɲ | ŋ | |
| Lateral | l | |||||
| Tap | ɾ | |||||
| Glide | w | j |
Kugu Nganhcara vowel inventory[5]
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| High | i iː | u uː |
| Mid | e eː | o oː |
| Low | a aː | |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Y59 Kugu-Muminh at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds (2017). "Kuku". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. http://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/kuku1287.
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds (2017). "Wikngenchera". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. http://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/wikn1246.
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds (2017). "Wik-Iiyanh". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. http://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/wiki1239.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 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.Template:Pama–Nyungan languages
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