Wik Paach language

Wik Paach
Wik Paach
Region	Queensland
Ethnicity	Wikapatja
Extinct	by 1973
Language family	Pama–Nyungan (unclassified, presumably Paman) Wik Paach; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	None
AIATSIS	Y47

Wik Paach (Wikapatja), also known as Abodja, is an extinct Australian language of Queensland. It remains unclassified. The form of the name comes from one of the Wik languages, where wik means "language", but Paach is not itself a member of that family.²³

The language was traditionally spoken in the Archer River area.³

References

Y47 Wik Paach at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
Peter Sutton, "Aboriginal Australia: social dialects", in Suzanne Romaine, ed., Language in Australia, CUP, 1990:60.
Crump, Des (10 June 2020). "Language of the Week: Week One - Abodja". State Library Of Queensland. Retrieved 30 November 2023.

[AIATSIS-1] Y47 Wik Paach at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

[2] Peter Sutton, "Aboriginal Australia: social dialects", in Suzanne Romaine, ed., Language in Australia, CUP, 1990:60.

[:0-3] Crump, Des (10 June 2020). "Language of the Week: Week One - Abodja". State Library Of Queensland. Retrieved 30 November 2023.

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