Wik-Ngathan language facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Wik-Ngathan
Wik-Iinjtjenj
Native to	Australia
Region	Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Ethnicity	Wiknatanja, Wik-Kalkan
Native speakers	3 (2016 census)
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Paman North Cape York Wik Wik-Ngathan
Dialects	Wik-Ngathan Wik-Ngatharr (Wik-Alken)
AIATSIS	`Y54` Wik Ngathan, `Y51`
Wik-Ngathan is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Wik-Ngathan, or Wik-Iinjtjenj (Wik-Iinychanya), is a Paman language spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia, by the Wik-Ngathan people. It is closely related to the other Wik-Ngathan language, Wik-Ngatharr and more distantly to the other Wik languages. In 1981 there were 130 speakers.

A dictionary of Wik-Ngathan has been compiled by Peter Sutton.

See also