Wik-Ngatharr dialect

Wik-Ngatharr, or Wik-Alken (Wik-Elken), is a Paman language spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia, by the Wik-Ngatharr people. It is a co-dialect with Wik-Ngathan, and more distantly related to the other Wik languages. In 1981 there were 86 speakers.^[1]

Wik-Ngatharr
Wik-Alken
Native to	Australia
Region	Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Ethnicity	Wik-Kalkan
Native speakers	(86 cited 1981)^[1]
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Paman North Cape York Wik Wik-Ngathan Wik-Ngatharr
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`wik`
Glottolog	`wika1238`
AIATSIS^[2]	`Y51`
ELP	Wik-Ngatharr

References Edit

^ ^a ^b Wik-Ngatharr at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
^ Y51 Wik-Ngatharr at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

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