Wik Ompom language explained

Wik Ompom
States:Australia
Region:Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Ethnicity:Wik Ompom
Extinct:?
Familycolor:Australian
Fam1:Pama–Nyungan
Fam2:Paman
Fam3:North Cape York
Fam4:Wik?
Iso3:none
Glotto:none
Aiatsis:Y48

Wik Ompom (Ambama) is an extinct Paman language of the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia. Its name suggests it is one of the Wik languages, but typologically it is distinct.[1]

Notes and References

  1. (1995) Country: aboriginal boundaries and land ownership in Australia