| Pakanha | |
|---|---|
| Ayabakan | |
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Cape York Peninsula,Queensland |
| Ethnicity | Ayabakan |
| Extinct | 1990s[1] No known L1 speakers[2][1] |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | pkn |
| Glottolog | paka1251 |
| AIATSIS[2] | Y64 Pakanh,Y181 Western Ayapathu |
| ELP | Pakanh |
| Coordinates:14°30′S142°25′E / 14.500°S 142.417°E /-14.500; 142.417 | |
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Pakanha (Bakanha), orAyabakan, is a nearlyextinctPaman language spoken on theCape York Peninsula ofQueensland,Australia. In 1981, there were 10 speakers of the language, originally spoken by theaboriginalPakanha people in the central part of the Cape York Peninsula.[3]
Pakanha has 5vowel qualities:[4]
| Short | Long | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Front | Central | Back | Front | Central | Back | |
| Close | i⟨i⟩ | u ~ʊ⟨u⟩ | iː⟨ii⟩ | uː⟨uu⟩ | ||
| Mid | e ~e̞⟨e⟩ | o ~ɔ⟨o⟩ | ɛː⟨ee⟩ | oː⟨oo⟩ | ||
| Open | a ~ə⟨a⟩ | aː⟨aa⟩ | ||||
Pakanha has 15consonants:[4]
| Peripheral | Laminal | Apical | Glottal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilabial | Velar | Palatal | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | ||
| Plosive | p⟨p⟩ | k⟨k⟩ | c⟨ch⟩ | t̪⟨th⟩ | t⟨t⟩ | ʔ⟨'⟩ | |
| Nasal | m⟨m⟩ | ŋ⟨ng⟩ | ɲ⟨ny⟩ | n̪⟨nh⟩ | n⟨n⟩ | ||
| Trill | r⟨rr⟩ | ||||||
| Approximant | w⟨w⟩ | j⟨y⟩ | l⟨l⟩ | ɻ⟨r⟩ | |||
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The following is a sample of words from a comparative wordlist/topical index produced by Philip Hamilton.[5] The Pakanha words are accompanied by corresponding words from the distantly relatedUw Olkola andUw Oykangand languages:
(P) = Pakanha, (Olk) = Uw Olkola, (Oyk) = Uw Oykangand.
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The Pakanha word for theeastern grey kangaroo,kucha, was used as the name of a tribe on thesecond season of the American reality television series,Survivor in 2001.[6]
