Kugu Nganhcara language

Kugu-Muminh
Kugu-Muminh
Wik-Muminh
Native to	Australia
Region	Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Ethnicity	Kugu Nganhcara, Wik Iyanh
Native speakers	30 (2005)
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Paman North Cape York Wik Kugu-Muminh; ; ; ;
Dialects	Muminh; Uwanh; Mu'inh; Ugbanh; Yi'anh; Iiyanh;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously:; xmh – Kuku-Muminh; uwa – Kuku-Uwanh; xmq – Kuku-Mangk? (unattested); xmp – Kuku-Mu’inh; ugb – Kuku-Ugbanh; wua – Kugu-Nganhcara; wij – Wik-Iiyanh
Glottolog	kuku1287 Kuku; wikn1246 Wikngenchera; wiki1239 Wik-Iiyanh
AIATSIS	Y59
ELP	Kugu-Nganhcara; Wik-Iiyanh; Kuku-Mangk; Kuku-Mu'inh; Kuku-Muminh; Kuku-Ugbanh; Kuku-Uwanh;
	Wikngenchera is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
	Coordinates: 14°4′S 141°43′E

Kugu-Muminh (Wik-Muminh), also known as Kugu- or Wik-Nganhcara (Wikngenchera), is a Paman language spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia, by several of the Wik peoples. There are multiple dialects, only two of which are still spoken: Kugu-Muminh itself, and Kugu-Uwanh.

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