Macro-Pama–Nyungan languages
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northern Australia |
| Linguistic classification: | recently proposed family of Australian languages. |
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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 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.
[edit] References
- McConvell, Patrick and Nicholas Evans. (eds.) 1997. Archaeology and Linguistics: Global Perspectives on Ancient Australia. Melbourne: Oxford University Press
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