Kok-Nar language explained

Kok-Nar
Also Known As:Gundara
Nativename:Kuuk-Nhang
States:Australia
Region:Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Extinct:?
Familycolor:Australian
Fam1:Pama–Nyungan
Fam2:Paman
Iso3:gko
Glotto:kokn1236
Glottorefname:Kok-Nar
Aiatsis:G29

Kok Narr (Kok-Nar) is an extinct Paman language of the Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia.

Country

Ancestral Koknar(Kwantari) territory is estimated to cover 2400mi2 and extended from Galbraith Station and the northern bank of the lower Staaten River inland to Old Koolatah, north to Inkerman and the middle of the Nassau River.

Phonology

Consonants

PeripheralLaminalApical
LabialVelarDentalPalatalAlveolarRetroflex
Plosivepronounced 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/
Fricativepronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Rhoticpronounced as /link/
pronounced as /link/
Approximantpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/

Vowels

FrontCentralBack
Closepronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Midpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Openpronounced as /link/

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Book: Breen, Gavan J. . An Introduction to Gog-Nar . Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies . 1976 . In Peter Sutton (ed.), Languages of Cape York . 243–259.