Maningrida languages
| Maningrida | |
|---|---|
| Burarran | |
| Geographic distribution | Northern Territory |
| Linguistic classification | Arnhem languages
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| Subdivisions | |
| Glottolog | mani1293 |
 Maningrida languages (purple), among other non-Pama-Nyungan languages (grey) | |
Maningrida, also known as Burarran, is a small family of Australian Aboriginal languages spoken in northern Australia. It includes four languages, none closely related:
- Burarran proper (Bureran): Guragone, Burarra
- Djeebbana (or Ndjebbana, also called Gunavidji, Gunivugi, Kunibidji, or Gombudj)
- Nakkara
Green established the family by reconstructing the tense–aspect–mood inflections of Proto-Maningrida, and demonstrated common developments that set them apart from other Arnhem languages.[1][2]
References
- ^ Rebecca Green, 2003. "Proto-Maningrida within Proto-Arnhem: evidence from verbal inflectional suffixes." In Nicholas Evans, ed. The Non-Pama-Nyungan languages of northern Australia.
- ^ Bowern & Koch, 2004. Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method, p 44
- ^ Found all the links except one language link to wiki page.
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