Ngkoth language
Ngkoth | |
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Ŋkot̪ | |
Pronunciation | [ŋkot̪] |
Native to | Australia |
Region | Cape York Peninsula, Queensland |
Ethnicity | Trotj, Winduwinda |
Extinct | (date missing) |
Dialects |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | None (mis ) |
Glottolog | ngko1236 |
AIATSIS[1] | Y36 |
Ngkoth (Nggɔt, Nggoth, Ŋkot) is an extinct Paman language formerly spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia, by the Winduwinda. It is unknown when it became extinct.[2]
Phonology
Vowels
Front | Back | ||
---|---|---|---|
Unrounded | Rounded | Rounded | |
Close | i | u | |
Close-mid | e | ø | o |
Near-open | æ | ||
Open | a |
Consonants
Ngkoth has 17 consonants found in native words, and three consonants found only in loanwords:
Peripheral | Laminal | Apical | Glottal | ||||
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Bilabial | Velar | Palatal | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | ||
Plosive | p | k | c | t̪ | t | (ʔ) | |
Fricatives | (β) | ɣ | (ð) | ||||
Nasal | m | ŋ | ɲ | n̪ | n | ||
Post-trilled | tr̥ | ||||||
Vibrant | r | ||||||
Approximant | w | j | l | ɻ |
/tr̥/ is a trilled affricate.
/β, ð, ʔ/ are only found in loanwords.
References
- ^ Y36 Ngkoth at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ^ Ernst Kausen (2005). "Australische Sprachen".
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(help) - ^ Hale, Kenneth L. (1976). "Phonological developments in particular Northern Paman languages". Languages of Cape York. pp. 7–40.
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