Wik languages

{{Short description|Group of Australian Aboriginal languages}}

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

{{Infobox language family

|name = Wik

|altname = Middle Paman

|region = Cape York Peninsula, Queensland

|ethnicity = Wik peoples

|familycolor = Australian

|fam1 = Pama–Nyungan

|fam2 = Paman

|fam3 = North Cape York

|child1 = Wik-Ngathan

|child2 = Wik-Me'nh

|child3 = Wik-Mungkan

|child4 = Kugu-Muminh

|child5 = Ayabadhu

|child6 = Pakanha

|glotto = wika1239

|glottoname = Wik proper

|glottorefname=Wik

|glotto2 = paka1251

|glottoname2 = Pakanha

|glotto3 = wikn1246

|glottoname3 = Kugu-Muminh

|glottorefname3=Wikngenchera

|map = Wik languages.png

|mapcaption = Wik languages (green) among other Pama–Nyungan (tan)

}}

The Wik languages are a subdivision of the Paman languages consisting of sixteen languages, all spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia. This grouping was first proposed by R. M. W. Dixon.{{cite book | last = Dixon | first = R. M. W. | author-link = R. M. W. Dixon | year = 2002 | title = Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development}}

Each of the Kugu-Muminh dialects may have the prefix Wik- instead of Kugu-. Wik Paach is not a Wik language despite its name.

The languages are as follows; often various dialects are considered separate languages:

{{tree list}}

• Wik
• Wik-Ngathan (incl. Wik-Ngatharr dialect)
• Wik-Me'nh
• Wik-Mungkan
• Wik-Ompoma (Ambama) {{extinct}}
• Kugu Nganhcara (incl. Gugu Uwanh dialect) {{extinct}}
• Ayabadhu {{extinct}}
• Pakanha {{extinct}}

{{tree list/end}}

The Flinders Island language and Barrow Point language were apparently Wik.