Wik Paach language
| Wik Paach | |
|---|---|
| Region | Queensland |
| Extinct | by 1973[1] |
|
Pama–Nyungan
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
None (mis) |
| Glottolog | None |
| AIATSIS[1] |
Y47 |
Wik Paach (Wikapatja), also known as Abodja, is an extinct Australian language of Queensland. It remains unclassified. The form of the name comes from one of the Wik languages, where wik means "language", but Paach is not itself a member of that family.[2]
References
- 1 2 Wik Paach at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ↑ Peter Sutton, "Aboriginal Australia: social dialects", in Suzanne Romaine, ed., Language in Australia, CUP, 1990:60.
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