Ngkoth language

Ngkoth
Ŋkot̪
Native to	Australia
Region	Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Extinct	(date missing)
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Paman North Cape York Northern Ngkoth
Dialects	Tootj (Kauwala) Ngaawangati (Ungauwangati)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	ngko1236[1]
AIATSIS[2]	Y36

Ngkoth (Nggɔt, Nggoth, Ŋkot) is an extinct Paman language formerly spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia, by the Ngkoth people. It is unknown when it became extinct.^[3]

Phonology

Vowels

Ngkoth has seven vowels:^[4]

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

/t͡r/ is a trilled affricate.

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

References

1. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Ngkot". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
2. Ngkoth at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
3. Ernst Kausen (2005). "Australische Sprachen".
4. Hale, Kenneth L. (1976). "Phonological developments in particular Northern Paman languages". Languages of Cape York. pp. 7–40.