Kuuk Thaayorre (Thayore) is a Paman language spoken in the settlement Pormpuraaw on the western part of the Cape York Peninsula, Queensland in Australia...

having its foundation in the Edward River Mission. Kuuk Thaayorre belongs to the Paman language group though its specific genetic affiliation has not...

thought to perhaps be a dialect of the Kuuk Thaayorre language. Y200 Kuuk Yak at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal...

Yir-Yoront people speaking English or even Kuuk Thaayorre as many speakers of Yir-Yoront apparently are using Kuuk Thaayorre in daily conversation. At present...

languages such as Kuuk Thaayorre are also much better at staying oriented even in unfamiliar spaces, and there is strong evidence that their language...

Cape York Northern Paman Wik Southwestern Upper Southwest Paman Kuuk Thaayorre Kuuk Yak † Kunjen (incl. Ogh Undjan) Yir-Yoront (incl. Yirrk-Thangalkl)...

or act as a generic noun on its own. In the following example from Kuuk Thaayorre, the specific borrowed noun tin.meat 'tinned meat' is preceded by its...

hit-RECP+PST Those two were fighting As with Guugu Yimithirr, Kuuk Thaayorre, a Paman language, has some ambiguity between reflexive and reciprocal morphemes...

There are numerous Australian Aboriginal languages and dialects, many of which are endangered. An endangered language is one that it is at risk of falling...

related Aboriginal Australian peoples. It is closely related to Kuuk Thaayorre, and perhaps Kuuk Yak. Two of its dialects, Uw Olkola (Olgolo) and Uw Oykangand...