Kugu Nganhcara language

Kugu-Muminh
Kugu-Muminh
Wik-Muminh
Native to	Australia
Region	Cape York Peninsula,Queensland
Ethnicity	Kugu Nganhcara,Wik Iyanh
Native speakers	30 (2005)
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Paman North Cape York Wik Kugu-Muminh; ; ; ;
Dialects	Muminh; Uwanh; Mu'inh; Ugbanh; Yi'anh; Iiyanh;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously:; xmh– Kuku-Muminh; uwa– Kuku-Uwanh; xmq– Kuku-Mangk? (unattested); xmp– Kuku-Mu’inh; ugb– Kuku-Ugbanh; wua– Kugu-Nganhcara; wij– Wik-Iiyanh
Glottolog	kuku1287Kuku; wikn1246Wikngenchera; wiki1239Wik-Iiyanh
AIATSIS	Y59
ELP	Kugu-Nganhcara
	Wikngenchera is classified as Severely Endangered by theUNESCOAtlas of the World's Languages in Danger
	Coordinates:14°4′S141°43′E/ 14.067°S 141.717°E

Kugu-Muminh(Wik-Muminh), also known as Kugu- orWik-Nganhcara(Wikngenchera), is aPaman languagespoken on theCape York PeninsulaofQueensland,Australia,by several of theWik peoples.There are multiple dialects, only two of which are still spoken: Kugu-Muminh itself, and Kugu-Uwanh.

Phonology

Consonant inventory^[2]
		Bilabial	Alveolar	Dental	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Plosive	voiceless	p	t	t̪	c	k	ʔ
Plosive	voiced	b	d	d̪	ɟ	ɡ
Nasal		m	n	n̪	ɲ	ŋ
Lateral			l
Tap			ɾ
Glide		w			j

Vowel inventory^[2]
	Front	Back
High	iiː	uuː
Mid	eeː	ooː
Low	aaː

References

^^a ^bY59Kugu-Muminh at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database,Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
^^a ^bSmith, Ian, and Steve Johnson. “Kugu Nganhcara.” InHandbook of Australian Languages,edited by R. M. W. Dixon and Barry J. Blake, 5:357–507. Melbourne, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.

Smith, Ian and Johnson, Steve, 1986.Sociolinguistic patterns in an unstratified society: The patrilects of Kugu Nganhcara.Journal of the Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association 8:29–43.

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[AIATSIS-1] Y59Kugu-Muminh at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database,Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

[Smith&Johnson2000-2] Smith, Ian, and Steve Johnson. “Kugu Nganhcara.” InHandbook of Australian Languages,edited by R. M. W. Dixon and Barry J. Blake, 5:357–507. Melbourne, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.

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