Wik-Mungknh language
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| Wik-Mungknh | |
|---|---|
| Spoken in | Australia |
| Region | Cape York Peninsula, Queensland |
| Native speakers | 840 (1996) |
| Language family |
Pama–Nyungan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | wim |
Wik-Mungknh, also often called Wik-Mungkan, is a Paman language spoken on the northern part of Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia, by the Wik-Mungknh people. It is closely related to the other Wik-Mungknh language, Wik-Iiyanh, and more distantly to the Wik languages. As of 1996 there were 480 speakers of the languages, and another 600 speakers who had Wik-Mungknh as their second language.[1]
The English language has borrowed at least one word from Wik-Mungknh, that for the taipan, a species of venomous snake native to the region.[2]
A dictionary of Wik-Mungknh has been compiled by Christine Kilham.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Ethnologue
- ^ Sutton, Peter (1995). Wik-Ngathan Dictionary.
- ^ Kilham, Christine (1986). Dictionary and sourcebook of the Wik-Mungkan language.
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