Wik | |
Also Known As: | Middle Paman |
Region: | Cape York Peninsula, Queensland |
Ethnicity: | Wik peoples |
Familycolor: | Australian |
Fam1: | Pama–Nyungan |
Fam2: | Paman |
Fam3: | North Cape York |
Child1: | Wik-Ngathan |
Child2: | Wik-Me'nh |
Child3: | Wik-Mungkan |
Child4: | Kugu-Muminh |
Child5: | Ayabadhu |
Child6: | Pakanha |
Glotto: | wika1239 |
Glottoname: | Wik proper |
Glottorefname: | Wik |
Glotto2: | paka1251 |
Glottoname2: | Pakanha |
Glotto3: | wikn1246 |
Glottoname3: | Kugu-Muminh |
Glottorefname3: | Wikngenchera |
Map: | Wik languages.png |
Mapcaption: | Wik languages (green) among other Pama–Nyungan (tan) |
The Wik languages are a subdivision of the Paman languages consisting of sixteen languages, all spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia. This grouping was first proposed by R. M. W. Dixon.[1]
Each of the Kugu-Muminh dialects may have the prefix Wik- instead of Kugu-. Wik Paach is not a Wik language despite its name.
The languages are as follows; often various dialects are considered separate languages:
The Flinders Island language and Barrow Point language were apparently Wik.