Wik-Ngathan, or Wik-Iinjtjenj (Wik-Iinychanya), is a

Paman language The Paman languages are an Australian language family spoken on Cape York Peninsula, Queensland. First noted by Kenneth Hale, Paman is noteworthy for the profound phonological changes which have affected some of its descendants. Classifica ...

spoken on the

Cape York Peninsula Cape York Peninsula is a large peninsula located in Far North Queensland, Australia. It is the largest unspoiled wilderness in northern Australia.Mittermeier, R.E. et al. (2002). Wilderness: Earth’s last wild places. Mexico City: Agrupación ...

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 , established_ ...

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, by the

Wik-Ngathan people The Wiknatanja (Wik Ngathanya) were an indigenous Australian people, one of the Wik tribes of the Cape York Peninsula of northern Queensland. Languages Wiknatanja was one of the Wik languages. Country Norman Tindale estimate Wiknatanja lands t ...

. It is closely related to the other Wik-Ngathan language, Wik-Ngatharr and more distantly to the other

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 ...

. In 1981 there were 130 speakers.Ethnologue
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dictionary A dictionary is a listing of lexemes from the lexicon of one or more specific languages, often arranged alphabetically (or by radical and stroke for ideographic languages), which may include information on definitions, usage, etymologies ...

of Wik-Ngathan has been compiled by Peter Sutton.

References

Wik languages Endangered indigenous Australian languages in Queensland Definitely endangered languages {{ia-lang-stub