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 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.

Phonology

Consonants

• /É»/ may also be heard as a lateral in word-initial positions.

Vowels

• may be heard as an allophone of /i/ when after sounds /ɾ, r, j/.

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