Wik languages

Wik
Middle Paman
EthnicityWik peoples
Geographic
distribution
Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Linguistic classificationPama–Nyungan
Subdivisions
  • Wik-Ngathan
  • Wik-Me'nh
  • Wik-Mungkan
  • Kugu-Muminh
  • Ayabadhu
  • Pakanha
Language codes
Glottologwika1239  (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 Peninsula of Queensland, 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.

  1. ^ Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development.