| Wik-Ngathan | |
| Also Known As: | Wik-Iinjtjenj |
| States: | Australia |
| Region: | Cape York Peninsula, Queensland |
| Coordinates: | -13.8667°N 172°W |
| Ethnicity: | Wiknatanja, Wik-Kalkan |
| Speakers: | 3 |
| Date: | 2016 census |
| Ref: | [1] |
| Familycolor: | Australian |
| Fam1: | Pama–Nyungan |
| Fam2: | Paman |
| Fam3: | North Cape York |
| Fam4: | Wik |
| Dia1: | Wik-Ngathan |
| Dia2: | Wik-Ngatharr (Wik-Alken) |
| Lc1: | wig |
| Ld1: | Wik Ngathan |
| Lc2: | wik |
| Ld2: | Wikalkan |
| Glotto: | wikn1245 |
| Glottoname: | Wik-Ngathana |
| Aiatsis: | Y54 |
| Aiatsisname: | Wik Ngathan |
| Aiatsis2: | Y51 |
| Aiatsisname2: | Wik Ngatharr |
| Map2: | Lang Status 60-DE.svg |
Wik-Ngathan, or Wik-Iinjtjenj (Wik-Iinychanya), is a Paman language spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia, by the Wik-Ngathan people. It is closely related to the other Wik-Ngathan language, Wik-Ngatharr and more distantly to the other Wik languages. In 1981 there were 130 speakers.[2]
A dictionary of Wik-Ngathan has been compiled by Peter Sutton.[3]
| Peripheral | Laminal | Apical | Glottal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labial | Velar | Dental | Palatal | Alveolar | |||
| Plosive | pronounced as /link/ | 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/Trill | pronounced as /link/ ~ pronounced as /link/ | ||||||
| Approximant | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||
| Front | Central | Back | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | ||
| Mid | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | |||
| Low | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | ||||