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Kugu Nganhcara

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Kugu Nganhcara is a Wik-language complex of Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia, spoken by the Kugu Nganhcara peoples concentrated at Aurukun and the Edward River settlement. It consists of six named varieties, or patrilects, Kugu Uwanh, Kugu Ugbanh, Kugu Yi'anh, Kugu Mi'inh, Kugu Miminh and Wik Iyanh, reflecting a society organized into patrilineal, exogamous clans.

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