Macro-Pama-Nyungan languages
- Macro-Pama-Nyungan languages
Infobox Language family
name = Macro-Pama-Nyungan
region = northern Australia
family = recently proposed family of Australian languages.
familycolor = Australian
child1 = Gunwinyguan
child2 = Tankic
child3 = "Garawa"
child4 = Pama-Nyungan proper
Macro-Pama-Nyungan is an Australian language family proposed in 1997 that links the two largest language families in Australia, the Pama-Nyungan family, which covers seven-eighths of the continent, and Gunwinyguan, the principal family of Arnhem Land in northern Australia.
The traditionally accepted languages families included in this proposal are,
* Gunwinyguan
* Greater Pama-Nyungan
** Tankic
** "Garawa"
** Pama-Nyungan proper
In addition, it has been suggested that the Ngurmbur language isolate may belong to this group.
References
*McConvell, Patrick and Nicholas Evans. (eds.) 1997. "Archaeology and Linguistics: Global Perspectives on Ancient Australia." Melbourne: Oxford University Press
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