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ISO 639-3 · wikwik
Australian Aboriginal languages family

Wik-Ngatharr

Wik-Ngatharr is a language of the Wik branch (Australian Aboriginal languages), spoken in Australia.

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Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
wik
Glottocode
wika1238
Wikipedia
5 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
5levels in the tree
7EGIDS level

Facts

NameWik-Ngatharr
Also calledWikalkan, Wik-Ngatharr dialect, Wik-Alken

Vitality

EGIDS 7 Shifting7

Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.

Other languages at this level
family tree

From Australian Aboriginal languages to Wik-Ngatharr

The branches above Wik-Ngatharr, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.

262Australian Aboriginal languagesfamily220Pama–Nyunganbranch63Pamanbranch16North Cape York Pamanbranch8WikbranchwikWik-Ngatharrlanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

Australia351 languages in the index

Also spoken in Australia

engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalpanPunjabiunclassified · 125 mSafesylSylhetiIndo-European · 14 m3 · Wider CommunicationhyeArmenianIndo-European · 6.7 m1 · NationalsrdSardinianIndo-European · 1.3 mDefinitely endangeredyidYiddishIndo-European · 1 mDefinitely endangeredmltMalteseunclassified · 482,8801 · NationaltetTetumAustronesian · 463,5005 · DevelopingsmoSamoanAustronesian · 415,7201 · NationaltonTonganAustronesian · 186,0101 · National