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Subdivisions KanyaraManthartaNyungic |
The Southwest Pama–Nyungan or Nyungic language group is the most diverse and widespread, though hypothetical, subfamily of the Pama–Nyungan language family of Australia. It contains about fifty distinct languages.
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Internal classification
The Kanyara and Mantharta languages appear to be the most divergent of the Southwest languages. The others are sometimes collected under the name Nyungic.
Validity
The proposal has been largely abandoned. Bowern (2011) restricts "Southwest Pama–Nyungan" to Nyungar plus Kalaaku. (See Nyungic languages.) However - Tindale (1940) recorded a 'Rite of Circumcision' border arcing between the Thura-Yura languages & the Tangkic languages.
References
Southwest Pama–Nyungan languages Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA