2-716: Wik-Ngatharr , or Wik-Alken (Wik-Elken), is a Paman language spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland , Australia , by the Wik-Ngatharr people . It is a co-dialect with Wik-Ngathan , and more distantly related to the other Wik languages . In 1981 there were 86 speakers. This Australian Aboriginal languages -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Paman languages The Paman / ˈ p æ m ən / languages are an Australian language family spoken on Cape York Peninsula , Queensland . First noted by Kenneth Hale , Paman
4-570: Is noteworthy for the profound phonological changes which have affected some of its descendants. Various classifications of the Paman languages exist. The one outlined below is that of R. M. W. Dixon , though he does not accept that these branches are necessarily related to each other. Geographically, running down the east coast, they are: Down the west coast, they are: In the interior, south of Wik, they are: The name Gugu Mini means 'good speech', and has been applied to several languages in
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