Ngkoth language
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Ngkoth Ŋkot̪ Spoken in Australia Region Cape York Peninsula, Queensland Extinct Unknown Language family Language codes ISO 639-3 – Linguist List 0gt This page contains IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Unicode characters. Ngkoth (Nggɔt, Nggoth, Ŋkot) is an extinct Paman language formerly spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia, by the Ngkoth people. It is unknown when it went extinct.[1]
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Phonology
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:
Bilabial Dental Alveolar Retroflex Palatal Velar Glottal Plosive p t̪ t c k (ʔ) Nasal m n̪ n ɲ ŋ Fricative (β) (ð) ɣ Affricate t͡r Trill r Approximant l ɻ j w /t͡r/ is a trilled affricate.
/β, ð, ʔ/ are the consonants only found in loanwords.
References
- ^ Ernst Kausen (2005). Australische Sprachen. http://homepages.fh-giessen.de/kausen/klassifikationen/Australisch.doc.
- ^ Hale, Kenneth L. (1976). "Phonological developments in particular Northern Paman languages". Languages of Cape York. pp. 7–40.
Categories:- Languages with Linglist but no iso3 codes
- Northern Paman languages
- Indigenous Australian language stubs
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