Wiradhuric languages

Infobox Language family
name=Wiradhuric
altname=Central Inland New South Wales
region=New South Wales
familycolor=Australian
fam1=Pama-Nyungan
child1=Wiradhuri
child2=Ngiyambaa
child3=GamilaraayThe Wiradhuric languages or Central inland New South Wales subgroup form one of the subgroups of the Pama-Nyungan family of Australian Aboriginal languages. They consist of three languages:
*Wiradhuri, after which the family is named,
*Ngiyambaa,
*and Gamilaraay.All of these languages are now moribund.

Wiradhuri and Ngiyambaa are more closely related to each other than to Gamilaraay, as they show some common features that Gamilaraay lacks.

Comparison

References

*cite book|first=P. K.|last=Austin|editor=Tryon, D. T. and Walsh, M.|title=Boundary rider: essays in honour of Geoffrey O'Grady|year=1997|publisher=Pacific Linguistics|location=Canberra|pages=21–49|chapter=Proto Central New South Wales phonology
*cite book|first=P.|last=Austin|title=A Reference Dictionary of Gamilaraay, northern New South Wales|year=1993|publisher=La Trobe University Department of Linguistics|location=Bundoora
*cite book|first=P.|last=Austin|coauthors=Williams, C. and Würm, S. A.|editor=Rigsby, B. and Sutton, P.|title=Contributions to Australian Linguistics|year=1980|publisher=Pacific Linguistics|location=Canberra|pages=167–80|chapter=The linguistic situation in north central New South Wales
*cite book|first=R. M. W. |last=Dixon | authorlink=R. M. W. Dixon |title=Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2002|id=ISBN-10: 0521473780, ISBN-13: 9780521473781|url=http://www.cambridge.org/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521473780

External links

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_family.asp?subid=90566 Ethnologue report for Wiradhuric]