Ngkoth language

Ngkoth
Ŋkot̪
Native to Australia
Region Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Extinct (date missing)
Dialects
Tootj (Kauwala)
Ngaawangati (Ungauwangati)
Language codes
ISO 639-3 None (mis)
Glottolog ngko1236[1]
AIATSIS[2] Y36

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 became extinct.[3]

Phonology

Vowels

Ngkoth has seven vowels:[4]

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 t (ʔ)
Fricatives (β) ɣ (ð)
Nasals m ŋ ɲ n
Post-trilled t͡r
Vibrant r
Approximants w j l ɻ

/t͡r/ is a trilled affricate.

/β, ð, ʔ/ are only found in loanwords.

References

  1. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Ngkot". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  2. Ngkoth at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  3. Ernst Kausen (2005). "Australische Sprachen".
  4. Hale, Kenneth L. (1976). "Phonological developments in particular Northern Paman languages". Languages of Cape York. pp. 7–40.


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