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Southwestern Paman languages

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Subdivisions
  
Upper Coastal

Glottolog
  
sout3141

Southwestern Paman languages

Geographic distribution
  
Cape York Peninsula, Queensland

Linguistic classification
  
Pama–Nyungan Paman Southwest Pama

The Southwestern Paman languages are a family of the Paman languages spoken on the western part of the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia.

Alpher (1972) accepts Southwestern Pama as a valid node; the classification below is his. R. M. W. Dixon, on the other hand, only accepts a connections between pairs of languages: Yir, as two dialects of a single language, and Koko Bera with Kok Thawa.

  • Upper Southwest Pama
  • Kuuk Thaayorre
  • Kuuk Yak
  • Kunjen (Oykangand) / Ogh-Undjan (Kawarrangg)
  • Coastal Southwest Pama
  • Yir-Yoront (Yirrk-Thangalkl)
  • Koko Pera: Koko-Bera, Kok Thawa

    • Bowern (2011) also lists the extinct Kokiny and Kok-Papángk.

    References

    Southwestern Paman languages Wikipedia
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