Kok-Nar language

Kok Narr (Kok-Nar) is an extinct Paman language of the Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia.

Country

Ancestral Koknar(Kwantari) territory is estimated to cover 2,400 square miles (6,200 km²) and extended from Galbraith Station and the northern bank of the lower Staaten River inland to Old Koolatah, north to Inkerman and the middle of the Nassau River.^[2]

Phonology

Consonants

• /ɻ/ may also be heard as a lateral [ɭ] in word-initial positions.

Vowels

• [ɛ] may be heard as an allophone of /i/ when after sounds /ɾ, r, j/.^[3]

References

Sources

• Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Kwantari (QLD)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University Press. ISBN 978-0-708-10741-6.