The Wik languages are a subdivision of the Paman languages consisting of sixteen languages, all spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia...
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Australian Aboriginal groups from an extensive zone in Cape York Wik languages Wik Peoples v Queensland (1996), a landmark ruling that native title can...
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peoples including the Wikalkan, Wik-Ngathana, Wikngenchera language groups. Wik Mungkan is healthier than most other languages on the peninsula, and is developing...
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the peoples of Wik-Ompom, Wik-Mungkana, Wik-Paacha, Wik-Thinta, Wik-Ngathara, Wik-Epa, Wik-Me'anha, Wik-Nganthara, Wik-Nganychara, and Wik-Liyanh. Their...
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comprised the peoples of Wik-Ompom, Wik-Paacha, Wik-Thinta, Wik-Ngathara, Wik-Epa, Wik-Me'anha, Wik-Ngathara, Wik-Nganychara, and Wik-Iiyanh. Under early colonization...
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Wik-Me'nh is a Paman language of the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia. Y53 Wik Me'anh at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian...
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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...
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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...
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It is a co-dialect with Wik-Ngathan, and more distantly related to the other Wik languages. In 1981 there were 86 speakers. Wik-Ngatharr at Ethnologue...
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comes from one of the Wik languages, where wik means "language", but Paach is not itself a member of that family. The language was traditionally spoken...
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Wik Ompom (Ambama) is an extinct Paman language of the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia. Its name suggests it is one of the Wik languages...
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Australia. The languages are grouped largely according to R. M. W. Dixon. The only extant branches of this family are Umpila and the Wik languages. The now-extinct...
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Weipa (section Traditional owners and languages)
Nganchara (also known as Wik, Wiknantjara, Wik Nganychara, Wik Ngencherr. See also related Wik languages) is a traditional language of the area which includes...
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Peninsula in northern Queensland and speak the Wik Mungkan language. They were the largest branch of the Wik people. Making an inference from the number...
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Marrett River language (†) was presumably Paman, though distinct from its neighbors, as presumably was Wik Paach (†). The Mayabic languages (†) to the southwest...
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sign languages. Some of these languages are being acquired by children or are spoken by all generations in remote communities. Most Wik languages are being...
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Wikapatja spoke Wik Paach, which despite the name, is not one of the Wik languages.[citation needed] The Wikapatja were a small tribe whose territory,...
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Pama–Nyungan languages (/ˌpɑːmə ˈnjʊŋən/) are the most widespread family of Australian Aboriginal languages, containing 306 out of 400 Aboriginal languages in Australia...
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corresponding words from the distantly related Uw Olkola and Uw Oykangand languages: (P) = Pakanha, (Olk) = Uw Olkola, (Oyk) = Uw Oykangand. The Body: Body...
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Wiktionary (category Articles containing French-language text)
Wiktionary (UK: /ˈwɪkʃənəri/ , WIK-shə-nər-ee; US: /ˈwɪkʃənɛri/ , WIK-shə-nerr-ee; rhyming with "dictionary") is a multilingual, web-based project to create...
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into two branches: the Yupik languages, spoken in western and southwestern Alaska and in Chukotka, and the Inuit languages, spoken in northern Alaska,...
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The Wik Elken, also spelt Wik-Kalkan and also known as Wik-Ngatharr, are an Aboriginal Australian people, one of the Wik peoples of the Cape York Peninsula...
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Wiknatanja (redirect from Wik-Ngathan people)
Cape York Peninsula of northern Queensland. Wiknatanja was one of the Wik languages. Norman Tindale estimated Wiknatanja lands to encompass some 300 square...
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Queensland: 5 languages (~ 1,800): Kuku Yalanji (~ 300) Guugu Yimidhirr (~ 800) Kuuk Thaayore (~ 300) Wik Mungkan (~ 400) Western Australia: 17 languages (~ 8...
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WikEM is wiki-based medical website and point-of-care phone application for emergency medicine clinicians. WikEM is owned by OpenEM Foundation, a 501(c)(3)...
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deciding that languages are related based on a small number of lexical comparisons. Dixon, R. M. W. (1984). Searching for Aboriginal Languages: Memoirs of...
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sun Wanthi punga: good day Y60 Ayabadhu at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander...
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The Nahuan or Aztecan languages are those languages of the Uto-Aztecan language family that have undergone a sound change, known as Whorf's law, that...
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The Wikmean people, also spelt Wik Me'an, are an Aboriginal Australian people, one of the Wik peoples of the Cape York Peninsula of northern Queensland...
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the main language families of the world The language families of Africa Map of the Austronesian languages Map of major Dravidian languages Distribution...
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