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.
Plosive | voiceless | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
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voiced | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||
Nasal | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||
Lateral | pronounced as /link/ | |||||||
Tap | pronounced as /link/ | |||||||
Glide | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ |
High | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | |
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Mid | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | |
Low | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ |
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.