Ngkoth language
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Ngkoth is an Australian Aboriginal language of Queensland.
Phonology
Vowels
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| High | ||
| Close-mid | ||
| Near-open | ||
| Open | a | |
Consonants
| Peripheral | Laminal | Apical | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilabial | Velar | Palatal | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Glottal | |
| Stop | |||||||
| Nasal | |||||||
| Fricative | |||||||
| Affricate | |||||||
| Lateral | |||||||
| Rhotic | |||||||
| Semivowel | w | ||||||
/β ð ʔ/ occur only in loanwords. /ɣ/ occurs word-finally in native words, as the reflex of former word-final *r, but occurs in other positions only in loanwords.
References
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