| Kok-Nar | |
|---|---|
| Gundara | |
| Kuuk-Nhang | |
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Cape York Peninsula, Queensland |
| Extinct | (date missing) |
Pama–Nyungan
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | gko |
| Glottolog | kokn1236 |
| AIATSIS[1] | G29 |
| ELP | Kok-Nar |
Kok Narr (Kok-Nar) is an extinct Paman language of the Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia.
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/.[2]
References
- ↑ G29 Kok-Nar at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ↑ 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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