Geographic
distribution South Australia | Glottolog thur1253 | |
Linguistic classification Pama–Nyungan
Arandic–Thura-Yura
Yura Subdivisions Yura proper
Kadli
Wirangu |
The Yura or Thura-Yura languages are a group of Australian Aboriginal languages surrounding Spencer Gulf and Gulf St Vincent in South Australia, that comprise a genetic language family of the Pama–Nyungan family. The name Yura comes from the word for "person" in the northern languages; this is a lenited form of the thura found in other languages, hence Thura-Yura. Similar words for "person" are found in languages outside the group, however.
The following classification is proposed by Bowern & Koch (2004):
A Nukunu speaker reported that the Nukunu could understand Barngarla and Kuyani, but not more distant varieties.
Dixon (2002) lists a Nantuwara language, but there is no data for it.
References
Thura-Yura languages Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA