Macro-Pama–Nyungan languages
| Macro-Pama–Nyungan | |
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| Geographic distribution: | northern Australia |
| Linguistic classification: | Proposed language family |
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| Glottolog: | None |
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Pama–Nyungan (yellow), Garawa and Tangkic (green), and Macro-Gunwinyguan (orange) | |
Macro-Pama–Nyungan is an Australian language family proposed in 1997 that links the two largest language families in Australia, the Pama–Nyungan family, which covers seven-eighths of the continent, and Macro-Gunwinyguan, the principal family of Arnhem Land in northern Australia.
The traditionally accepted languages families included in this proposal are:
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In addition, it has been suggested that the Ngurmbur language isolate may belong to this group. In 2003, Nicholas Evans proposed that the Macro-Gunwinyguan languages are (also) related to the Eastern Daly languages.[1] However, none of these connections are accepted as established in Bowern 2011.[2]
References
- ↑ Evans, Nicholas, 2003, The non-Pama-Nyungan languages of northern Australia
- ↑ Bowern, Claire. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?", Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web, December 23, 2011 (corrected February 6, 2012)
- McConvell, Patrick and Nicholas Evans. (eds.) 1997. Archaeology and Linguistics: Global Perspectives on Ancient Australia. Melbourne: Oxford University Press
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