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Northeast Pama–Nyungan languages

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Geographic distribution:
  
Coastal Queensland

Glottolog:
  
None

Northeast Pama–Nyungan languages

Linguistic classification:
  
Pama–Nyungan Northeast Pama–Nyungan

Subdivisions:
  
Paman Dyirbalic Yidinyic Yalanjic Maric

Northeast Pama–Nyungan, or Pama–Maric, is a hypothetical language family consisting of the following neighboring branches of the Pama–Nyungan family of Australian languages:

  • Paman
  • Dyirbalic
  • Yidinyic
  • Yalanjic
  • Maric

    • Geographically, the Lower Burdekin languages might be assumed to be NE Pama–Nyungan, and perhaps Paman. However, they are too poorly attested to classify.

    The hypothesis has been largely abandoned in recent classifications.

    References

    Northeast Pama–Nyungan languages Wikipedia
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