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Kugu Nganhcara language

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Native to
  
Native speakers
  
30 (2005)

Language family
  
Pama–NyunganPamanNorth Cape YorkWikKugu-Muminh

Dialects
  
MuminhUwanhMu'inhUgbanhYi'anhIiyanh

ISO 639-3
  
Variously:xmh – Kuku-Muminhuwa – Kuku-Uwanhxmq – Kuku-Mangk? (unattested)xmp – Kuku-Mu’inhugb – Kuku-Ugbanhwua – Kugu-Nganhcarawij – Wik-Iiyanh

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.

References

Kugu Nganhcara language Wikipedia


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