Wik-Ngathan language

{{short description|Australian Aboriginal language}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

{{Infobox language

|name = Wik-Ngathan

|altname = Wik-Iinjtjenj

|states = Australia

|region = Cape York Peninsula, Queensland

|coordinates = {{coord|13|52|S|141|31|E|type:landmark|display=inline}}

|ethnicity = Wiknatanja, Wik-Kalkan

|speakers = 3

|date = 2016 census

|ref = {{Cite web|url=http://stat.data.abs.gov.au/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=ABS_C16_T09_SA|title=Census 2016, Language spoken at home by Sex (SA2+)|publisher=ABS|website=stat.data.abs.gov.au|language=en-au|access-date=2017-10-30}}

|familycolor = Australian

|fam1 = Pama–Nyungan

|fam2 = Paman

|fam3 = North Cape York

|fam4 = Wik

|dia1 = Wik-Ngathan

|dia2 = Wik-Ngatharr (Wik-Alken)

|lc1 = wig

|ld1 = Wik Ngathan

|lc2 = wik

|ld2 = Wikalkan

|glotto = wikn1245

|glottoname = Wik-Ngathana

|aiatsis = Y54

|aiatsisname = Wik Ngathan

|aiatsis2 = Y51

|aiatsisname2= Wik Ngatharr

|map2 = Lang Status 60-DE.svg

|mapcaption2 = {{center|{{small|Wik-Ngathan is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger}}}}

}}

Wik-Ngathan, or Wik-Iinjtjenj (Wik-Iinychanya), is a Paman language spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia, by the Wik-Ngathan people. It is closely related to the other Wik-Ngathan language, Wik-Ngatharr and more distantly to the other Wik languages. In 1981 there were 130 speakers.[http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=wig Ethnologue]

A dictionary of Wik-Ngathan has been compiled by Peter Sutton.{{cite book | last = Sutton | first = Peter | year = 1995 | title = Wik-Ngathan Dictionary}}