Kugu Nganhcara language explained

Kugu-Muminh
Also Known As:Wik-Muminh
States:Australia
Region:Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Coordinates:-14.0667°N 184°W
Ethnicity:Kugu Nganhcara, Wik Iyanh
Speakers:30
Date:2005
Ref:aiatsis
Familycolor:Australian
Fam1:Pama–Nyungan
Fam2:Paman
Fam3:North Cape York
Fam4:Wik
Dia1:Muminh
Dia2:Uwanh
Dia3:Mu'inh
Dia4:Ugbanh
Dia5:Yi'anh
Dia6:Iiyanh
Lc1:xmh
Ld1:Kuku-Muminh
Lc2:uwa
Ld2:Kuku-Uwanh
Lc3:xmq
Ld3:Kuku-Mangk? (unattested)
Lc4:xmp
Ld4:Kuku-Mu’inh
Lc5:ugb
Ld5:Kuku-Ugbanh
Lc6:wua
Ld6:Kugu-Nganhcara
Lc7:wij
Ld7:Wik-Iiyanh
Glotto:kuku1287
Glottoname:Kuku
Glotto2:wikn1246
Glottoname2:Wikngenchera
Glotto3:wiki1239
Glottoname3:Wik-Iiyanh
Map2:Lang Status 40-SE.svg
Aiatsis:Y59

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

! Bilabial! Alveolar! Dental! Palatal! Velar! Glottal
Plosivevoicelesspronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
voicedpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Nasalpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Lateralpronounced as /link/
Tappronounced as /link/
Glidepronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Vowel inventory!! Front! Back
Highpronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/
Midpronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/
Lowpronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/

References

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.