Wik-Ngathan language

Wik-Ngathan
Wik-Ngathan
Wik-Iinjtjenj
Native to	Australia
Region	Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Ethnicity	Wiknatanja, Wik-Kalkan
Native speakers	3 (2016 census)[1]
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Paman North Cape York Wik Wik-Ngathan; ; ; ;
Dialects	Wik-Ngathan; Wik-Ngatharr (Wik-Alken);
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; wig – Wik Ngathan; wik – Wikalkan
Glottolog	wikn1245 Wik-Ngathana
AIATSIS[2]	Y54 Wik Ngathan, Y51 Wik Ngatharr
ELP	Wik-Ngathana
	Coordinates: 13°52′S 141°31′E

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.[3]

A dictionary of Wik-Ngathan has been compiled by Peter Sutton.[4]

References

"Census 2016, Language spoken at home by Sex (SA2+)". stat.data.abs.gov.au. ABS. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
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)
Ethnologue
Sutton, Peter (1995). Wik-Ngathan Dictionary.

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