| Kok-Nar | |
|---|---|
| Gundara | |
| Kuuk-Nhang | |
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Cape York Peninsula, Queensland |
| Extinct | (date missing) |
| Language family | Pama–Nyungan
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | gko |
| Glottolog | kokn1236 |
| AIATSIS | G29 |
| ELP | Kok-Nar |
Kok Narr (Kok-Nar) is an extinct Paman language of the Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia.
Country
Ancestral Koknar(Kwantari) territory is estimated to cover 2,400 square miles (6,200 km) and extended from Galbraith Station and the northern bank of the lower Staaten River inland to Old Koolatah, north to Inkerman and the middle of the Nassau River.
Phonology
Consonants
| Peripheral | Laminal | Apical | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labial | Velar | Dental | Palatal | Alveolar | Retroflex | ||
| Plosive | p | k | t̪ | c | t | ||
| Nasal | m | ŋ | n̪ | ɲ | n | ||
| Fricative | β | ɣ | |||||
| Rhotic | trill | r | |||||
| tap | ɾ | ||||||
| Approximant | w | j | l | ɻ | |||
- /ɻ/ may also be heard as a lateral [ɭ] in word-initial positions.
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | ||
| Mid | e | œ | ə | o |
| Open | a | |||
- [ɛ] may be heard as an allophone of /i/ when after sounds /ɾ, r, j/.
References
- G29 Kok-Nar at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- Tindale 1974.
- Breen, Gavan J. (1976). An Introduction to Gog-Nar. In Peter Sutton (ed.), Languages of Cape York: Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies. pp. 243–259.
Sources
- Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Kwantari (QLD)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University Press. ISBN 978-0-708-10741-6.