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Pakanh

Pakanha
Native to Australia
Region Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Coordinates 14°30′S 142°25′E / 14.500°S 142.417°E / -14.500; 142.417
Extinct 10 reported 1981
not reported since
Dialects
  • Western Ayapathu
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottolog paka1251
AIATSIS Y64 Pakanh, Y181* Western Ayapathu
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Pakanha (Bakanha), or Ayabakan, is a nearly extinct Paman language spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia. In 1981, there were 10 speakers of the language, originally spoken by the aboriginal Pakanha people in the central part of the Cape York Peninsula.

Pakanha has 5 vowel qualities:

Pakanha has 15 consonants:

The following is a sample of words from a comparative wordlist/topical index produced by Philip Hamilton. The Pakanha words are accompanied by corresponding words from the distantly related Uw Olkola and Uw Oykangand languages:

(P) = Pakanha, (Olk) = Uw Olkola, (Oyk) = Uw Oykangand.

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