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Maningrida languages

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Geographic distribution:
  
Northern Territory

Glottolog:
  
mani1293

Maningrida languages

Linguistic classification:
  
Arnhem languages Maningrida

Subdivisions:
  
Guragone Burarra Ndjebbana Nakkara

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.

    References

    Maningrida languages Wikipedia
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