Western Daly languages
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Western Daly | |
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Geographic distribution: |
Daly River region, northern Australia |
Linguistic classification: | A primary family of Australian languages. |
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Glottolog: | west2434[1] |
The Daly languages (color), among the other non-Pama-Nyungan languages (grey)
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Western Daly
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The Western Daly languages are a small family of Australian aboriginal languages that share common grammatical forms. They are:
- Maranunggu (Emmi; Menhthe dialect)
- Marrithiyel (Bringen: Marri Ammu, Marritjevin, Marridan, Marramanindjdji dialects)
- Marri Ngarr (Magati-ge dialect)
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References[edit]
- ^ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Western Daly". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- Tryon, D. T. (1968). "The Daly River languages: a survey". Papers in Australian Linguistics 3: 21–36.
- Tryon, D. T. (1974). Daly family languages, Australia. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
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