| Kuku Nyungkal also known as Kuku Njunggal; Gugu Nyungkul; Gugu Njunggal |
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|---|---|
| Spoken in | Annan River, Queensland |
| Ethnicity | Kuku Nyungkal people |
| Native speakers | 5 (date missing) |
| Language family |
Pama–Nyungan
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| Writing system | Latin |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | gvn |
Kuku Nyungkal (also known as Kuku Njunggal; Guugu Nyungkul; Gugu Njunggal[1]) is an Australian Aboriginal language and the language of the Kuku Nyungkal people of Far North Queensland. It is one of the Kuku Yalanji languages still being spoken (though by fewer people than speak Kuku Yalanji itself).[2] Most of the speakers today live in the communities of Wujal Wujal and Mossman.
The UNESCO Atlas of World Languages in Danger includes Kuku Nyungkal language as part of a larger Kuku Yalanji languages listing, identifying and listing all the Kuku Yalanji languages as a whole as being "severely endangered" [3]
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Kuku Nyungkal has three vowels as follows:[2]
| Vowels | English equivalent |
|---|---|
| a | as in f a ther |
| i | as in p i t |
| u | as in p u t |
Kuku Nyungkal has thirteen consonants as follows:[2]
| b | d | j | k | l | m | n | ny | ng | r | rr | w | y |
All are pronounced as they would be in English, with the rr used for a rolled r, as in the scottish r.