Koko-Bera language

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Gugubera
Koko Pera
Kok-Kaper
Native to Australia
Region Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Ethnicity Kokopera
Native speakers
18 (2021 census) [1]
Pama–Nyungan
Dialects
  • Koko Bera (Kok Kaber)
  • Kok Peponk (Koko Babangk)
  • Kok Wap?
  • Koko Beberam [2]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Either:
kkp   Gugubera
okg   Koko Babangk
Glottolog gugu1254
AIATSIS [3] Y85  Kok-Kaper, Y203  Kok-Paponk, Y204  Koko Beberam, Y209  Kok Wap
ELP Koko-Bera
  Koko Babangk [4]
Lang Status 40-SE.svg
Koko-Bera is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

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

Contents

Phonology

Consonants

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

Vowels

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

[5] [6]

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References

  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
  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)
  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.