Wik languages: Difference between revisions

Wik
Wik
Middle Paman
Geographic; distribution	Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Ethnicity	Wik peoples
Linguistic classification	Pama–Nyungan Paman North Cape York Wik; ; ;
Subdivisions	Wik-Ngathan; Wik-Me'nh; Wik-Mungknh; Kugu-Muminh; Ayabadhu; Pakanha;
Language codes
Glottolog	wika1239 (Wik proper); paka1251 (Pakanha); wikn1246 (Kugu-Muminh)
	Wik languages (green) among other Pama–Nyungan (tan)

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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:

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