Northern Paman languages

Infobox Language family
name=Northern Paman
altname=Northern Pama
region=Cape York, Queensland, Australia
familycolor=Australian
fam1=Pama-Nyungan
fam2=PamanThe Northern Paman family is a group of genetically related Australian Aboriginal languages spoken in the north of the Cape York peninsula, Queensland, Australia. It is a subgroup of the Paman family.

Classification

According to R. M. W. Dixon (2002), the Northern Paman languages are:
*Gudang
*Uradhi
*Wuthati
*Luthigh
*Yinwum
*Anguthimri
*Ngkoth
*Aritinngithigh
*Mbiywom
*AdjingithHe places Northern Paman within the north Cape York subgroup, which also includes Umpila and the Wik subgroup, but regards further connections as unproven.

References

*cite book |last=Dixon |first=R. M. W. |authorlink=R. M. W. Dixon |year=2002 |title=Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development |location=Cambridge |publisher=Cambridge University Press |url=http://www.cambridge.org/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521473780
*cite journal |last=Hale |first=Kenneth L. |authorlink=Kenneth L. Hale |year=1964 |title=Classification of Northern Paman Languages, Cape York Peninsula, Australia; A Research Report |journal=Oceanic Linguistics |volume=3 |pages=248–265 |doi=10.2307/3622881
*cite book |last=Hale |first=Kenneth L. |authorlink=Kenneth L. Hale |year=1976 |chapter=Phonological developments in particular Northern Paman languages |editor=Sutton, P. |title=Languages of Cape York |pages=7–40 |location=Canberra |publisher=Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies
*cite journal |last=O'Grady |first=G. N. |coauthors=Voegelin, C. F., Voegelin, F. M. |year=1966 |title=Languages of the world: Indo-Pacific Fascicle 6 |journal=Anthropological Linguistics |volume=6 |issue=2

External links

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_family.asp?subid=90502 Ethnologue report for Northern Pama]