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Ngarna languages

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Linguistic classification
  
Pama–Nyungan Ngarna

Glottolog
  
ngar1290

Subdivisions
  
Yanyuwa South Ngarna

Ngarna languages

Geographic distribution
  
Northern Territory, Queensland

The Ngarna or Warluwaric languages are a discontinuous primary branch of the Pama–Nyungan language family of Australia.

The two geographic and also cladistic groups are:

  • Yanyuwa, on the Gulf of Carpentaria
  • Southern Ngarna/Warluwaric: Warluwara, Wagaya, Yindjilandji, Bularnu.

    • Despite their geographic separation, the Ngarna languages are close enough to be accepted as a family in the conservative classification of Dixon (2002).

    References

    Ngarna languages Wikipedia
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