Wik-Ngatharr dialect explained

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.