Geographic
distribution: northern Australia | Glottolog: None | |
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Linguistic classification: Proposed language family Subdivisions: Macro-Gunwinyguan
Tankic
Garawan
Pama–Nyungan proper | ||
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:
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. However, none of these connections are accepted as established in Bowern 2011.
References
Macro-Pama–Nyungan languages Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA