Wik-Ngatharr | |
Also Known As: | Wik-Alken |
States: | Australia |
Region: | Cape York Peninsula, Queensland |
Ethnicity: | Wik-Kalkan |
Speakers: | 86 |
Date: | 1981 |
Ref: | e25 |
Familycolor: | Australian |
Fam1: | Pama–Nyungan |
Fam2: | Paman |
Fam3: | North Cape York |
Fam4: | Wik |
Fam5: | Wik-Ngathan |
Iso3: | wik |
Glotto: | wika1238 |
Glottorefname: | Wikalkan |
Aiatsis: | Y51 |
Wik-Ngatharr, or Wik-Alken (Wik-Elken), is a Paman language spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia, by the Wik-Ngatharr people. It is a co-dialect with Wik-Ngathan, and more distantly related to the other Wik languages. In 1981 there were 86 speakers.