Ngkoth language

Ngkoth
Ngkoth
Ŋkot̪
Pronunciation	[ŋkot̪]
Native to	Australia
Region	Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Ethnicity	Trotj, Winduwinda
Extinct	(date missing)
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Paman North Cape York Northern Ngkoth; ; ; ;
Dialects	Tootj (Kauwala); Ngaawangati (Ungauwangati);
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	ngko1236
AIATSIS	Y36
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Ngkoth (Nggɔt, Nggoth, Ŋkot) is an extinct Paman language formerly spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia, by the Winduwinda. It is unknown when it became extinct.^[2]

Phonology

Ngkoth has seven vowels:^[3]

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	Glottal
Plosive	p	k	c	t̪	t		(ʔ)
Fricatives	(β)	ɣ		(ð)
Nasal	m	ŋ	ɲ	n̪	n
Post-trilled					tr̥
Vibrant					r
Approximant	w		j		l	ɻ

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

^ Y36 Ngkoth at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
^ Ernst Kausen (2005). "Australische Sprachen". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ Hale, Kenneth L. (1976). "Phonological developments in particular Northern Paman languages". Languages of Cape York. pp. 7–40.

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