Ngkoth language

{{Infobox language

| name = Ngkoth

| nativename = {{lang|mis|Ŋkot̪}}

| states = Australia

| region = Cape York Peninsula, Queensland

| ethnicity = Trotj, Winduwinda

| extinct = ?

| familycolor = Australian

| fam1 = Pama–Nyungan

| fam2 = Paman

| fam3 = North Cape York

| fam4 = Northern

| dia1 = Tootj (Kauwala)

| dia2 = Ngaawangati (Ungauwangati)

| iso3 = none

| aiatsis = Y36

| glotto = ngko1236

| glottorefname = Ngkoth

| notice = IPA

| pronunciation = {{IPA|[ŋkot̪]}}

}}

Ngkoth (Nggɔt, Nggoth, Ŋkot) is an extinct Paman language formerly spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia, by the Winduwinda. It is unknown when it became extinct.{{cite journal | author = Ernst Kausen | year = 2005 | title = Australische Sprachen | url = http://homepages.fh-giessen.de/kausen/klassifikationen/Australisch.doc}}

Phonology

=Vowels=

Ngkoth has seven vowels:{{cite book | last = Hale | first = Kenneth L. | author-link = Kenneth L. Hale | year = 1976 | chapter = Phonological developments in particular Northern Paman languages | title = Languages of Cape York | pages = 7–40}}

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=Consonants=

Ngkoth has 17 consonants found in native words, and three consonants found only in loanwords:

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