Kok-Nar language

Kok-Nar
Gundara
Kuuk-Nhang
Native to	Australia
Region	Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Extinct	(date missing)
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Paman Kok-Nar
Language codes
ISO 639-3	gko
Glottolog	kokn1236
AIATSIS [1]	G29
ELP	Kok-Nar

Kok Narr (Kok-Nar) is an extinct Paman language of the Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia.

Country

Ancestral Koknar(Kwantari) territory is estimated to cover 2,400 square miles (6,200 km²) and extended from Galbraith Station and the northern bank of the lower Staaten River inland to Old Koolatah, north to Inkerman and the middle of the Nassau River. ^[2]

Phonology

Consonants

		Peripheral		Laminal		Apical
		Labial	Velar	Dental	Palatal	Alveolar	Retroflex
Plosive		p	k	t̪	c	t
Nasal		m	ŋ	n̪	ɲ	n
Fricative		β	ɣ
Rhotic	trill					r
	tap					ɾ
Approximant		w			j	l	ɻ

• /ɻ/ may also be heard as a lateral [ ɭ ] in word-initial positions.

Vowels

	Front		Central	Back
Close	i			u
Mid	e	œ	ə	o
Open			a

• [ ɛ ] may be heard as an allophone of /i/ when after sounds /ɾ, r, j/. ^[3]

References

1. G29 Kok-Nar at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
2. Tindale 1974.
3. Breen, Gavan J. (1976). An Introduction to Gog-Nar. In Peter Sutton (ed.), Languages of Cape York: Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies. pp. 243–259.

Sources

• Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Kwantari (QLD)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University Press. ISBN   978-0-708-10741-6. Archived from the original on 2015-03-11. Retrieved 2024-01-23.