Kugu Nganhcara language

Kugu-Muminh (Wik-Muminh), also known as Kugu- or Wik-Nganhcara (Wikngenchera), is a Paman language spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia, by several of the Wik peoples. There are multiple dialects, only two of which are still spoken: Kugu-Muminh itself, and Kugu-Uwanh.

Kugu-Muminh
Wik-Muminh
Native to	Australia
Region	Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Ethnicity	Kugu Nganhcara, Wik Iyanh
Native speakers	30 (2005)[1]
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	kuku1287  Kuku wikn1246  Wikngenchera wiki1239  Wik-Iiyanh
AIATSIS[1]	Y59
ELP	Kugu-Nganhcara
Wikngenchera is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
Coordinates: 14°4′S 141°43′E

Phonology

Consonant inventory^[2]

		Bilabial	Alveolar	Dental	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Plosive	voiceless	p	t	t̪	c	k	ʔ
	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	i iː	u uː
Mid	e eː	o oː
Low	a aː

References

1. Y59 Kugu-Muminh at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
2. Smith, Ian, and Steve Johnson. “Kugu Nganhcara.” In Handbook 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.