Kugu Nganhcara language
Appearance
Kugu-Muminh | |
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Wik-Muminh | |
Native to | Australia |
Region | Cape York Peninsula, Queensland |
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 |
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.
References
- ^ a b Y59 Kugu-Muminh at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies