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Wik Ngatharr dialect

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Native to
  
Australia

Glottolog
  
wika1238

ISO 639-3
  
wik

Region
  
Cape York Peninsula, Queensland

Native speakers
  
fewer than the 86 reported in 1981 (2007)

Language family
  
Pama–Nyungan Paman North Cape York Wik Wik-Ngathan Wik-Ngatharr

Wik-Ngatharr, or Wik-Alken (Wik-Elken), is a Paman language spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia, by the Wik-Ngatharr people. It is a co-dialect with Wik-Ngathan, and more distantly related to the other Wik languages. In 1981 there were 86 speakers.

References

Wik-Ngatharr dialect Wikipedia