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Mayabic languages

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Geographic distribution:
  
Queensland

Glottolog:
  
maya1279

Linguistic classification:
  
Pama–Nyungan Mayabic

Mayabic languages

Mayabic, or Mayi, is a small family of extinct Australian Aboriginal languages of Queensland. They were once classified as Paman, but now as a separate branch of Pama–Nyungan.

The languages are:

  • Mayi-Kutuna, Mayi-Kulan (incl. Mayi-Thakurti, Mayi-Yapi), Ngawun (incl. Wunumara)

    • According to Dixon (2002), Wunumara may have been a dialect of Ngawun or of Mayi-Kulan, which may have been a single language. Bowern (2011 [2012]), however, lists all six of the above as separate languages.

    References

    Mayabic languages Wikipedia
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