Kugu Nganhcara language

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[2]
	Coordinates: 14°4′S 141°43′E

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.

Phonology

Kugu Nganhcara consonant inventory [3]

	Bilabial	Apico-alveolar	Lamino-dental	Lamino-palatal	Dorso-velar	Glottal
Voiceless Stop	p	t	th	c	k	'
Voiced Stop	b	d	dh	j	g
Nasal	m	n	nh	ny	ng
Lateral		l
Tap		r
Glide	w			y

Kugu Nganhcara vowel inventory[3]

	Front	Back
High	i i:	u u:
Mid	e e:	o o:
Low	a a:

References

Y59 Kugu-Muminh at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
Endangered Languages Project data for Kugu-Nganhcara.
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.

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[AIATSIS-1] Y59 Kugu-Muminh at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

[ELP1-2] Endangered Languages Project data for Kugu-Nganhcara.

[Smith&Johnson2000-3] 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.