Giimbiyu languages

Giimbiyu languages

Infobox Language family
name=Giimbiyu
altname=Mangerrian
region=Northern Territory
familycolor=Australian
fam1=Arnhem Land languages
child1=Mangerr
child2=Arric

The Giimbiyu or Mangerrian languages form a small family of Australian Aboriginal languages spoken in northern Australia.

The Giimbiyu family includes two branches,
*the Mangerr language
*Urningangga and Arri (Erri)

In 1997 Nicholas Evans proposed an Arnhem Land family that includes the Giimbiyu languages.

References

* McConvell, Patrick and Nicholas Evans. (eds.) 1997. "Archaeology and Linguistics: Global Perspectives on Ancient Australia." Melbourne: Oxford University Press


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