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Wik-Mungkan

A language of Australia

ISO 639-3: wim

Population	840 (1996 census).
Region	Queensland, Edward River to Aurukun.
Language map	Northern Australia, reference number 30
Alternate names	Munkan, Wik-Mungkhn, Wik-Munkan
Classification	Australian, Pama-Nyungan, Paman, Middle Pama
Language use	600 L2 speakers. Some also use English.
Language development	Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1985.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

CURNOW, Ann, author. 1979. "Analysis of written style: An imperative for readable translations."

GODFREY, Marie P., author. 1970. "Wik-Munkan verb morphology."

GODFREY, Marie P.; KERR, Harland B., authors. 1964. "Personal pronouns in Wik-Munkan."

GODFREY, Marie P.; SAYERS, Barbara J., authors. 1964. "Outline description of the alphabet and grammar of a dialect of Wik-Munkan spoken at Coen, Nth. Q’land."

HUDSON, Joyce, editor. 1977. Five papers in Australian phonologies.

KERR, Harland B., author. 1964. "Comparison of Anyula base pronouns with Burera, Maung, and Wik-Munkan."

KERR, Harland B., author. 2012. The pronominal systems of Wik-Munkan, Burera, Lenakol and Kunimaipa: specific and generic function.  

KERR, Harland B.; PITTMAN, Richard S., editors. 1964. Papers on the languages of the Australian Aborigines.

KERR, Harland B.; SAYERS, Barbara J., authors. 1964. "Wik-Munkan locative, temporal and demonstrative pronouns."

KILHAM, Christine A., author. 1974. "Compound words and close-knit phrases in Wik-Munkan."

KILHAM, Christine A., author. 1974. Thematic organization of Wik-Munkan discourse.

KILHAM, Christine A., author. 1977. Thematic organization of Wik-Munkan discourse.

KILHAM, Christine A., author. 1987. "Word order in Wik-Mungkan."

KILHAM, Christine A., compiler. 1986. Dictionary and source book of the Wik-Mungkan language.

OATES, Lynette F.; OATES, William J., authors. 1964. Gugu-Yalanji and Wik-Munkan language studies.

SAYERS, Barbara J., author. 1976. "Interpenetration of stress and pitch in Wik-Munkan grammar and phonology."

SAYERS, Barbara J., author. 1976. "The relevance of stress and pitch in the grammatical hierarchy of Wik-Mungkan (Wik-Munkan)."

SAYERS, Barbara J., author. 1976. The sentence in Wik-Munkan: a description of propositional relationships.

SAYERS, Barbara J., author. 1977. Aboriginal world view and tense, mood and aspect in Wik-Munkan.  

SAYERS, Barbara J., author. 1977. Prosodies in some Aboriginal languages.  

SAYERS, Barbara J., author. 1977. What are contrastive syllables? The Wik-Munkan picture.

SAYERS, Barbara J., author. 1982. Aboriginal mathematical concepts: a cultural and linguistic explanation for some of the problems.

SAYERS, Barbara J., author. 1982. From morpheme to discourse: a study of reference in Wik-Munkam.

SAYERS, Barbara J., author. 1987. No match: World view and Bible translation.

SAYERS, Barbara J., author. 1988. "Left or right brain: Is there a neurological relationship to traditional Aboriginal learning styles?."

SAYERS, Barbara J., author. 1997. "Reference in the Wik-Mungkan relative clause."

SAYERS, Barbara J., author. 1997. "Reference in Wik-Mungkan from a systemic perspective."

SAYERS, Barbara J., author. 1998. A fair go: Aboriginal living and learning in the dominant Australian culture.

SAYERS, Barbara J., author. 2000. The Aurukun church: worldview factors related to the understanding of the Christian message.

Vernacular Publications

[primer series]. 1969.

Aurukun school Wik ngamparam. 1973.

Aurukun school Wik ngamparam. 1973.

In wik kath kucham keenkanam. 1975.

Ina aawwuch piiʼan wuut Jack kemp.atiy.angʼan kaach. 1977.

Ina wik kath monkeyantām. n.d.

Minh ínangān Africang wúntān. 1969.

Ngamp aaka-pathampa!. 1969.

Wik in.angan thaw.anak 1-12. 1974.

Wik in.angan ump.anak 1-6. 1974.

Wik in.angan wik kath 1-12. 1974.

Wik kath in.an min kang-káng a, nomp pulantam. 1976.

Wik kath in.angan kucham waaʼ.āng wuut mangk.antam kath keenkanam. 1975.

Wik kath inan minh nhinthan aʼ may at. 1990.

Wik kath kucham in.iya, min panch.antam a, pikkuw a, ken.antam thamp. 1976.

Wik kath min wel.antam aʼ thinthow.antam. 1975.

Wik kath ngampar 2-4. 1977.

Wik kath ngampar 5-7. 1977.

Wik kath ngeey.āmp a!. 1975.

Wik kath-A, B. 1978.

Wik kath-C. 1978.