In 1962, Marie Godfrey and Barbara Sayers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL) started linguistic and translation work in the Wik-Mungkan language in Aurukun. They began a dictionary file, and added to it over several years.
Marie Godfrey and Barbara Sayers, linguists from the Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL), commenced work on the Wik-Mungkan language in Aurukun in 1962. They started compiling a dictionary file and gradually added to it over many years.