Koko-Bera language

Gugubera
Gugubera
Koko Pera
Kok-Kaper
Native to	Australia
Region	Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Ethnicity	Kokopera
Native speakers	18 (2021 census)
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Paman Southwestern Coastal Koko Pera Gugubera; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Koko Bera (Kok Kaber); Kok Peponk (Koko Babangk); Kok Wap?; Koko Beberam;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; kkp – Gugubera; okg – Koko Babangk
Glottolog	gugu1254
AIATSIS	Y85 Kok-Kaper, Y203 Kok-Paponk, Y204 Koko Beberam, Y209 Kok Wap
ELP	Koko-Bera
	Koko Babangk
	Koko-Bera is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Last updated June 23, 2025

Gugubera (Koko Pera), or Kok-Kaper, is a Paman language of the Cape York Peninsula, Queensland in Australia.

Phonology

Consonants

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

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
High	i		u
Mid	e	ə	o
Low		a

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References

↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021). "Cultural diversity: Census" . Retrieved 13 October 2022.
↑ RMW Dixon (2002), Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development, p xxxii
↑ Y85 Kok-Kaper at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (see the info box for additional links)
↑ Endangered Languages Project data for Koko Babangk.
↑ Black, Paul; Koch, Grace (1983). Koko-Bera Island Style Music. In Aboriginal History, 7(1/2). pp. 157–172.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
↑ Black, Paul (2011). Co-narration of a Koko-Bera story: giants in Cape York Peninsula. In Brett Baker and Ilana Mushin and Mark Harvey and Rod Gardner (eds.), Indigenous language and social identity: papers in honour of Michael Walsh: Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University. pp. 261–274.

External links

Paradisec open access collection of vocabulary in Gugubera.
Paradisec open access collection of recordings in several languages including Gugubera.
Paradisec collection of recordings in Gugubera.

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[1] Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021). "Cultural diversity: Census" . Retrieved 13 October 2022.

[2] RMW Dixon (2002), Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development, p xxxii

[AIATSIS-3] Y85 Kok-Kaper at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (see the info box for additional links)

[ELP2-4] Endangered Languages Project data for Koko Babangk.

[5] Black, Paul; Koch, Grace (1983). Koko-Bera Island Style Music. In Aboriginal History, 7(1/2). pp. 157–172.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[6] Black, Paul (2011). Co-narration of a Koko-Bera story: giants in Cape York Peninsula. In Brett Baker and Ilana Mushin and Mark Harvey and Rod Gardner (eds.), Indigenous language and social identity: papers in honour of Michael Walsh: Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University. pp. 261–274.

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