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Not to be confused with Kookaburra.

Gugubera (Koko Pera), or Kok-Kaper, is a Paman language of the Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, in Australia.

Phonology

Consonants

Peripheral Laminal Apical
Labial Velar Dental Palatal Alveolar Retroflex
Plosive p k t̪ c t
Nasal m ŋ n̪ ɲ n
Rhotic ɾ ~ r
Lateral l
Approximant w j ɻ

Vowels

Front Central Back
High i u
Mid e ə o
Low a

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References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021). “Cultural diversity: Census”. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  2. ^ RMW Dixon (2002), Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development, p xxxii
  3. ^ Y85 Kok-Kaper at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies  (see the info box for additional links)
  4. ^ Black, Paul; Koch, Grace (1983). “Koko-Bera Island Style Music”. Aboriginal History. 7 (1/2): 157–172. ISSN 0314-8769.
  5. ^ Black, Paul (2011). Co-narration of a Koko-Bera story: giants in Cape York Peninsula. In Brett Baker and Ilana Mushin and Mark Harvey and Rod Gardner (eds.), Indigenous language and social identity: papers in honour of Michael Walsh: Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University. pp. 261–274.