Wik Paach (Wikapatja), also known as ''Abodja'', is an extinct

Australian language Australia legally has no official language. However, English is by far the most commonly spoken and has been entrenched as the ''de facto'' national language since European settlement. "English has no de jure status but it is so entrenched ...

Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , establishe ...

. It remains unclassified. The form of the name comes from one of the

Wik languages 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. Each of the Kugu-Muminh dialects may ...

, where ''wik'' means "language", but Paach is not itself a member of that family.Peter Sutton, "Aboriginal Australia: social dialects", in Suzanne Romaine, ed., ''Language in Australia'', CUP, 1990:60.

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