Jump to content

North Cape York Paman languages

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by C1MM (talk | contribs) at 04:13, 19 January 2018 (Added extinction signs for all dead languages). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

North Cape York Paman
Northern Paman
Geographic
distribution
Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Linguistic classificationPama–Nyungan
  • Paman
    • North Cape York Paman
Subdivisions
  • Northern Paman (proper) †
  • Umpila
  • Wik
GlottologNone
nort2758  (Northern Paman)
comp1236  (Wik–Umpila)
North Cape York Paman languages (green) among other Pama–Nyungan (tan)

The North Cape York Paman languages are a subdivision of the Paman languages consisting of forty languages, all spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia. The languages are grouped largely according to R. M. W. Dixon.[1] The only extant branches of this family are Umpila and the Wik languages.

The languages are,

Sutton (2001) also distinguishes a Ndwa'ngith language among Northern Paman.

References

  1. ^ Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. p. xxxi. ISBN 0-521-47378-0.