Wik-Ngathan language

Wik-Ngathan
Wik-Ngathan
Wik-Iinjtjenj
Native to	Australia
Region	Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Ethnicity	Wiknatanja, Wik-Kalkan
Native speakers	3 (2016 census)
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Paman North Cape York Wik Wik-Ngathan; ; ; ;
Dialects	Wik-Ngathan; Wik-Ngatharr (Wik-Alken);
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; wig – Wik Ngathan; wik – Wikalkan
Glottolog	wikn1245 Wik-Ngathana
AIATSIS	Y54 Wik Ngathan, Y51 Wik Ngatharr
ELP	Wik-Ngathana
	Wik-Ngathan is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
	Coordinates: 13°52′S 141°31′E

Wik-Ngathan, or Wik-Iinjtjenj (Wik-Iinychanya), is a Paman language spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia, by the Wik-Ngathan people. It is closely related to the other Wik-Ngathan language, Wik-Ngatharr and more distantly to the other Wik languages. In 1981 there were 130 speakers.

A dictionary of Wik-Ngathan has been compiled by Peter Sutton.

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