| Ngkoth | |
|---|---|
| Ŋkot̪ | |
| Pronunciation | |
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Cape York Peninsula, Queensland |
| Ethnicity | Trotj, Winduwinda |
| Extinct | (date missing) |
| Language family | Pama–Nyungan |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | ngko1236 |
| AIATSIS | Y36 |
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Ngkoth (Nggɔt, Nggoth, Ŋkot) is an extinct Paman language formerly spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia, by the Winduwinda. It is unknown when it became extinct.
Phonology
Vowels
Ngkoth has seven vowels:
| Front | Back | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Unrounded | Rounded | Rounded | |
| Close | i | u | |
| Close-mid | e | ø | o |
| Near-open | æ | ||
| Open | a | ||
Consonants
Ngkoth has 17 consonants found in native words, and three consonants found only in loanwords:
| Peripheral | Laminal | Apical | Glottal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilabial | Velar | Palatal | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | ||
| Plosive | p | k | c | t̪ | t | (ʔ) | |
| Fricatives | (β) | ɣ | (ð) | ||||
| Nasal | m | ŋ | ɲ | n̪ | n | ||
| Post-trilled | tr̥ | ||||||
| Vibrant | r | ||||||
| Approximant | w | j | l | ɻ | |||
/tr̥/ is a trilled affricate.
/β, ð, ʔ/ are only found in loanwords.
References
- Y36 Ngkoth at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- Ernst Kausen (2005). "Australische Sprachen".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - Hale, Kenneth L. (1976). "Phonological developments in particular Northern Paman languages". Languages of Cape York. pp. 7–40.
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