| Ngkoth | |
|---|---|
| Ŋkot̪ | |
| Pronunciation | [ŋkot̪] |
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Cape York Peninsula, Queensland |
| Ethnicity | Trotj, Winduwinda |
| Extinct | (date missing) |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | ngko1236 |
| AIATSIS1 | Y36 |
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.2
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:
| 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
References
- Y36 Ngkoth at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- Ernst Kausen (2005). "Australische Sprachen". Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 30 December 2009.
{{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.