Dixon thought there was a Wik-Iiyanh dialect, but it turned out to be the same as the Wik-Iiyanh dialect of Kugu Nganhcara.[2]
The English language has borrowed at least one word from Wik-Mungkan, that for the taipan, a species of venomous snake native to the region.[4]
In 1962, Marie Godfrey and Barbara Sayers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL) started linguistic and translation work in the Wik-Mungkan language in Aurukun. They began a dictionary file, and added to it over several years. Their work was continued and expanded by other SIL members, namely, Christine Kilham and Ann Eckert and was eventually published by SIL/AAB as the Dictionary and source book of the Wik-Mungkan language.[5] The dictionary has been published online by AuSIL as the Wik Mungkan-English Interactive Dictionary.[6]
mungkan, language, mungkan, mungknh, paman, language, spoken, northern, part, cape, york, peninsula, queensland, australia, around, mungkan, people, related, peoples, including, wikalkan, ngathana, wikngenchera, language, groups, mungkan, healthier, than, most. Wik Mungkan or Wik Mungknh is a Paman language spoken on the northern part of Cape York Peninsula of Queensland Australia by around 1 000 Wik Mungkan people and related peoples including the Wikalkan Wik Ngathana Wikngenchera language groups 3 Wik Mungkan is healthier than most other languages on the peninsula and is developing and absorbing other Aboriginal languages very quickly Wik MungkanWik MungknhNative toAustraliaRegionCape York Peninsula QueenslandEthnicityWik Mungkan MimungkumNative speakers952 2021 census 1 Language familyPama Nyungan PamanNorth Cape YorkWikWik MungkanLanguage codesISO 639 3 a href https iso639 3 sil org code wim class extiw title iso639 3 wim wim a Glottologwikm1247AIATSIS 2 Y57ELPWik MungkanDixon thought there was a Wik Iiyanh dialect but it turned out to be the same as the Wik Iiyanh dialect of Kugu Nganhcara 2 The English language has borrowed at least one word from Wik Mungkan that for the taipan a species of venomous snake native to the region 4 In 1962 Marie Godfrey and Barbara Sayers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics SIL started linguistic and translation work in the Wik Mungkan language in Aurukun They began a dictionary file and added to it over several years Their work was continued and expanded by other SIL members namely Christine Kilham and Ann Eckert and was eventually published by SIL AAB as the Dictionary and source book of the Wik Mungkan language 5 The dictionary has been published online by AuSIL as the Wik Mungkan English Interactive Dictionary 6 Contents 1 Phonology 1 1 Vowels 1 2 Consonants 2 External links 3 ReferencesPhonology EditVowels Edit Front Central BackHigh i uMid e oLow aConsonants Edit Where the orthography differs from the IPA representation the orthography is in brackets Peripheral Laminal Apical GlottalLabial Velar Palatal Dental AlveolarPlosive p k c ch t th t ʔ Nasal m ŋ ng ɲ ny n nh nLateral lRhotic rApproximant w j ɹ a ɹ does not appear frequently only in some words The same symbol for r is used 5 External links EditOpen Language Archives Community resources in and about the Wik Mungkan languageReferences Edit SBS Australian Census Explorer Retrieved 9 January 2023 a b Y57 Wik Mungkan at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Wik Mungkan Ethnologue Retrieved 17 February 2019 Sutton Peter 1995 Wik Ngathan Dictionary a b Kilham Christine 1986 Dictionary and sourcebook of the Wik Mungkan language Wik Mungkan Lexicon This Australian Aboriginal languages related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Wik Mungkan language amp oldid 1172417448, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
