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Ngkoth
Ŋkot̪
Native to Australia
Region Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Ethnicity Trotj, Winduwinda
Extinct (date missing)
Language family
Dialects
Tootj (Kauwala)
Ngaawangati (Ungauwangati)
AIATSIS Y36

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.

Phonology

Vowels

Ngkoth has seven vowels:

Front Back
Unrounded Rounded Rounded
Close i u
Close-mid e ø o
Near-open æ
Open a

Consonants

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
Plosive p k c t (ʔ)
Fricatives (β) ɣ (ð)
Nasals m ŋ ɲ n
Post-trilled t͡r
Vibrant r
Approximants w j l ɻ

/t͡r/ is a trilled affricate.

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

See also

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