Wik-Ngathan language

Wik-Ngathan, or Wik-Iinjtjenj (Wik-Iinychanya), is a Paman language spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia, by the Wik-Ngathan people. It is closely related to the other Wik-Ngathan language, Wik-Ngatharr and more distantly to the other Wik languages. In 1981 there were 130 speakers.[4]

Wik-Ngathan
Wik-Iinjtjenj
Native toAustralia
RegionCape York Peninsula, Queensland
EthnicityWiknatanja, Wik-Kalkan
Native speakers
3 (2016 census)[1]
Dialects
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
wig – Wik Ngathan
wik – Wikalkan
Glottologwikn1245  Wik-Ngathana[2]
AIATSIS[3]Y54 Wik Ngathan, Y51 Wik Ngatharr
Coordinates: 13°52′S 141°31′E

A dictionary of Wik-Ngathan has been compiled by Peter Sutton.[5]

References
  1. "Census 2016, Language spoken at home by Sex (SA2+)". stat.data.abs.gov.au. ABS. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Wik-Ngathana". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. Y54 Wik Ngathan at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies  (see the info box for additional links)
  4. Ethnologue
  5. Sutton, Peter (1995). Wik-Ngathan Dictionary.


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