Kok-Nar language

Kok-Nar
Gundara
Kuuk-Nhang
Native toAustralia
RegionCape York Peninsula, Queensland
Extinct(date missing)
Language codes
ISO 639-3gko
Glottologkokn1236
AIATSIS[1]G29
ELPKok-Nar

Kok Narr (Kok-Nar) is an extinct Paman language of the Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia.

Country

Ancestral Koknar(Kwantari) territory is estimated to cover 2,400 square miles (6,200 km2) and extended from Galbraith Station and the northern bank of the lower Staaten River inland to Old Koolatah, north to Inkerman and the middle of the Nassau River.[2]

Phonology

Consonants

Peripheral Laminal Apical
Labial Velar Dental Palatal Alveolar Retroflex
Plosive p k t̪ c t
Nasal m ŋ n̪ ɲ n
Fricative β ɣ
Rhotic trill r
tap ɾ
Approximant w j l ɻ
  • /ɻ/ may also be heard as a lateral [ɭ] in word-initial positions.

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close i u
Mid e œ ə o
Open a
  • [ɛ] may be heard as an allophone of /i/ when after sounds /ɾ, r, j/.[3]

References

  1. ^ G29 Kok-Nar at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  2. ^ Tindale 1974.
  3. ^ Breen, Gavan J. (1976). An Introduction to Gog-Nar. In Peter Sutton (ed.), Languages of Cape York: Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies. pp. 243–259.

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