Wik-Ngatharr dialect

Wik-Ngatharr, or Wik-Alken (Wik-Elken), is a Paman language spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia, by the Wik-Ngatharr people. It is a co-dialect with Wik-Ngathan, and more distantly related to the other Wik languages. In 1981 there were 86 speakers.[4]

Wik-Ngatharr
Wik-Alken
Native toAustralia
RegionCape York Peninsula, Queensland
EthnicityWik-Kalkan
Native speakers
fewer than the 86 reported in 1981 (2007)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3wik
Glottologwika1238
AIATSIS[2]Y51
ELPWik-Ngatharr[3]

References
  1. Wik-Ngatharr at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Y51 Wik-Ngatharr at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  3. Endangered Languages Project data for Wik-Ngatharr.
  4. Ethnologue


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