Wik-Mungkan
Wik-Mungkan is a Pama-Nyungan language spoken in Australia. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Wik-Mungkan, or Wik-Mungknh, is a Paman language spoken on the northern part of Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia, by around 1,000 Wik-Mungkan people, and related peoples including the Wikalkan, Wik-Ngathana, Wikngenchera language groups. Wik Mungkan is healthier than most other languages on the peninsula, and is developing and absorbing other Aboriginal languages very quickly.
Dixon thought there was a Wik-Iiyanh dialect, but it turned out to be the same as the Wik-Iiyanh dialect of Kugu Nganhcara.
The English language has borrowed at least one word from Wik-Mungkan, that for the taipan, a species of venomous snake native to the region.
From Wikipedia · Wik Mungkan language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Wik-Mungkan
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | pam* | |
| name | namp* | |
| eye | me7* | |
| ear | kon* | |
| nose | ka7* | |
| tooth | kon* | |
| tongue | 8a7Nan8* | |
| hand | ma7* | |
| blood | chaapara | |
| bone | kanC* | |
| skin | pe7an* | |
| knee | puNk* | |
| breast | pap* | |
| liver | wan* | |
| water | ngak | |
| fire | 8um* | |
| sun | 8awan* | |
| star | 8unp* | |
| stone | kunttow* | |
| mountain | yok* | |
| tree | yuk* | |
| leaf | kaNk* | |
| night | NutaN* | |
| dog | ku7* | |
| cat | ku'waak | |
| fish | Na7* | |
| louse | 8ukkay* | |
| one | 8onam* | |
| two | kuCam* | |
| I | Nay* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- Kuku-UwanhPama-Nyungan31% alike
- ThayorePama-Nyungan31% alike
- PakanhaPama-Nyungan26% alike
- Wik-NgathanaPama-Nyungan26% alike
- Yintyinka-AyabadhuPama-Nyungan25% alike
- Kuuku-Ya'uPama-Nyungan19% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · wikm1247 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · wim