Nyulnyulan languages
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| Nyulnyulan | |
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| Geographic distribution: |
northern Australia |
| Linguistic classification: | One of the world's primary language families |
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| Glottolog: | nyul1248[1] |
Nyulnyulan languages (purple), among other non-Pama-Nyungan languages (grey)
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The Nyulnyulan languages are a small family of closely related Australian Aboriginal languages spoken in northern Australia.
The languages form two branches established on the basis of lexical and morphological innovation.[2]
- Western or Nyulnyulic:
- Eastern or Dyukun:
References[edit]
- ^ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Nyulnyulan". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ^ Bowern 2004: Bardi Verb Morphology in Historical Perspective PhD, Harvard University
- Bowern, Claire. 2004: Bardi Verb Morphology in Historical Perspective PhD, Harvard University
- Bowern, Claire. 2010: Two Missing Pieces in a Nyulnyulan Jigsaw Puzzle. LSA, Baltimore.
- Stokes, B; McGregor, W. B. (2003). "Classification and subclassification of the Nyulnyulan languages". In N. Evans. The Non-Pama–Nyungan Languages of Northern Australia: Comparative Studies of the Continent’s Most Linguistically Complex Region. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. pp. 29–74.
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