Koko-Bera language

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Gugubera
Koko Pera
Kok-Kaper
Native toAustralia
RegionCape York Peninsula, Queensland
EthnicityKokopera
Native speakers
18 (2021 census)[1]
Pama–Nyungan
Dialects
  • Koko Bera (Kok Kaber)
  • Kok Peponk (Koko Babangk)
  • Kok Wap?
  • Koko Beberam[2]
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
kkp – Gugubera
okg – Koko Babangk
Glottologgugu1254
AIATSIS[3]Y85 Kok-Kaper, Y203 Kok-Paponk, Y204 Koko Beberam, Y209 Kok Wap
ELPKoko-Bera
 Koko Babangk[4]
Koko-Bera is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Gugubera (Koko Pera), or Kok-Kaper, is a Paman language of the Cape York Peninsula, Queensland in Australia

Phonology[edit]

Consonants[edit]

Peripheral Laminal Apical
Labial Velar Dental Palatal Alveolar Retroflex
Plosive p k c t
Nasal m ŋ ɲ n
Rhotic ɾ ~ r
Lateral l
Approximant w j ɻ

Vowels[edit]

Front Central Back
High i u
Mid e ə o
Low a

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021). "Cultural diversity: Census". Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  2. ^ RMW Dixon (2002), Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development, p xxxii
  3. ^ Y85 Kok-Kaper at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies  (see the info box for additional links)
  4. ^ Endangered Languages Project data for Koko Babangk.
  5. ^ Black, Paul; Koch, Grace (1983). Koko-Bera Island Style Music. In Aboriginal History, 7(1/2). pp. 157–172.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. ^ Black, Paul (2011). Co-narration of a Koko-Bera story: giants in Cape York Peninsula. In Brett Baker and Ilana Mushin and Mark Harvey and Rod Gardner (eds.), Indigenous language and social identity: papers in honour of Michael Walsh: Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University. pp. 261–274.

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