Kugu Nganhcara language

Kugu-Muminh
Kugu-Muminh
Wik-Muminh
Native to	Australia
Region	Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Ethnicity	Kugu Nganhcara, Wik Iyanh
Native speakers	30 (2005)[1]
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Paman North Cape York Wik Kugu-Muminh; ; ; ;
Dialects	Muminh; Uwanh; Mu'inh; Ugbanh; Yi'anh; Iiyanh;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously:; xmh – Kuku-Muminh; uwa – Kuku-Uwanh; xmq – Kuku-Mangk? (unattested); xmp – Kuku-Mu’inh; ugb – Kuku-Ugbanh; wua – Kugu-Nganhcara; wij – Wik-Iiyanh
Glottolog	kuku1287 Kuku; wikn1246 Wikngenchera; wiki1239 Wik-Iiyanh
AIATSIS[1]	Y59
ELP	Kugu-Nganhcara; Wik-Iiyanh; Kuku-Mangk; Kuku-Mu'inh; Kuku-Muminh; Kuku-Ugbanh; Kuku-Uwanh;
	Wikngenchera is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
	Coordinates: 14°4′S 141°43′E

Kugu-Muminh (Wik-Muminh), also known as Kugu- or Wik-Nganhcara (Wikngenchera), is a Paman language spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia, by several of the Wik peoples. There are multiple dialects, only two of which are still spoken: Kugu-Muminh itself, and Kugu-Uwanh.

Phonology

Kugu Nganhcara consonant inventory[2]

	Bilabial	Alveolar	Dental	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Voiceless Stop	p	t	t̪	c	k	ʔ
Voiced Stop	b	d	d̪	ɟ	ɡ
Nasal	m	n	n̪	ɲ	ŋ
Lateral		l
Tap		ɾ
Glide	w			j

Kugu Nganhcara vowel inventory[2]

	Front	Back
High	i iː	u uː
Mid	e eː	o oː
Low	a aː

References

Y59 Kugu-Muminh at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
Smith, Ian, and Steve Johnson. “Kugu Nganhcara.” In Handbook of Australian Languages, edited by R. M. W. Dixon and Barry J. Blake, 5:357–507. Melbourne, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.

Smith, Ian and Johnson, Steve, 1986. Sociolinguistic patterns in an unstratified society: The patrilects of Kugu Nganhcara. Journal of the Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association 8:29–43.

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[AIATSIS-1] Y59 Kugu-Muminh at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

[Smith&Johnson2000-2] Smith, Ian, and Steve Johnson. “Kugu Nganhcara.” In Handbook of Australian Languages, edited by R. M. W. Dixon and Barry J. Blake, 5:357–507. Melbourne, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.