| Wik | |
|---|---|
| Middle Paman | |
| Ethnicity | Wik peoples |
| Geographic distribution | Cape York Peninsula, Queensland |
| Linguistic classification | Pama–Nyungan
|
| Subdivisions |
|
| Glottolog | wika1239 (Wik proper) paka1251 (Pakanha) wikn1246 (Kugu-Muminh) |
 Wik languages (green) among other Pama–Nyungan (tan) | |
The Wik languages are a subdivision of the Paman languages consisting of sixteen languages, all spoken on the Cape York PeninsulaofQueensland, Australia. This grouping was first proposed by R. M. W. Dixon.[1]
Each of the Kugu-Muminh dialects may have the prefix Wik- instead of Kugu-. Wik Paach is not a Wik language despite its name.
The languages are as follows; often various dialects are considered separate languages:
The Flinders Island language and Barrow Point language were apparently Wik.
|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||
 | This Australian Aboriginal languages-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
