Pakanha language

Pakanha
Ayabakan
Native toAustralia
RegionCape York Peninsula, Queensland
EthnicityAyabakan
Extinct1990s[1]
No known L1 speakers[2][1]
Dialects
  • Western Ayapathu
Language codes
ISO 639-3pkn
Glottologpaka1251
AIATSIS[2]Y64 Pakanh, Y181 Western Ayapathu
ELPPakanh
Coordinates: 14°30′S 142°25′E / 14.500°S 142.417°E / -14.500; 142.417
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Pakanha (Bakanha), or Ayabakan, is a nearly extinct Paman language spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia. In 1981, there were 10 speakers of the language, originally spoken by the aboriginal Pakanha people in the central part of the Cape York Peninsula.[3]

  1. ^ a b Pakanha at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ a b Y64 Pakanh at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies  (see the info box for additional links)
  3. ^ Wurm and Hattori 1981