The Wik languages are a subdivision of the Paman languages

Paman languages

The Paman languages are an Australian language family spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland. First noted by Kenneth Hale, Paman is noteworthy for the profound phonological changes which have affected some of its descendants.- Classification :...

 consisting of sixteen language

Language

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s, all spoken on the Cape York Peninsula

Cape York Peninsula

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 of Queensland

Queensland

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, Australia

Australia

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. This grouping was first proposed by R. M. W. Dixon

R. M. W. Dixon

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. The Ethnologue

Ethnologue

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 classification is slightly different and some of the languages have other names.

The languages are as follows; often various dialects are considered separate languages:

• Wik-Ngathan (incl. Wik-Ngatharr
  Wik-Ngatharr language
  Wik-Ngatharr is a Paman language spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia, by the Wik-Ngatharr people. It is closely related to the other Wik-Ngathan, Wik-Ngathan and more distantly to the Wik languages. As of 1981 there were 86 speakers....
  
   dialect)
• Wik-Me'nh
• Wik-Mungknh
• Kugu-Muminh (incl. Gugu Uwanh dialect)
• Ayabadhu
• Pakanha
  Pakanha language
  Pakanha, or Bakanha, is a nearly extinct Paman language spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia. As of 1981, there were 10 speakers of the language, originally spoken by the aboriginal Pakanha people in the central part of the Cape York Peninsula.- Vowels :Pakanha has 5 vowel...
  
  

Note that each of the Kugu-Muminh languages may have the prefix

Prefix

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Wik- instead of Kugu-.