Wik Ompom language

Wik Ompom
Native to Australia
Region Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Extinct (date missing)
Language codes
ISO 639-3 None (mis)
Glottolog None
AIATSIS[1] Y48

Wik Ompom (Ambama) is an extinct Paman language of the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia. Its name suggests it is one of the Wik languages, but typologically it is distinct.[2]

References

  1. Wik Ompom at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  2. (1995) Country: aboriginal boundaries and land ownership in Australia


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