Southwestern Paman languages
| Southwest Pama | |
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| Geographic distribution: | Cape York Peninsula, Queensland |
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| Glottolog: | sout3141[1] |
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Southwestern Paman languages (green) among other Pama–Nyungan (tan) | |
The Southwestern Paman languages are a family of the Paman languages spoken on the western part of the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia.
Alpher (1972) accepts Southwestern Pama as a valid node; the classification below is his.[2] R. M. W. Dixon, on the other hand, only accepts a connections between pairs of languages: Yir, as two dialects of a single language, and Koko Bera with Kok Thawa.[3]
- Upper Southwest Pama
- Kuuk Thaayorre
- Kuuk Yak
- Kunjen (Oykangand) / Ogh-Undjan (Kawarrangg)
- Coastal Southwest Pama
- Yir-Yoront (Yirrk-Thangalkl)
- Koko Pera: Koko-Bera, Kok Thawa
Bowern (2011) also lists the extinct Kokiny and Kok-Papángk.
References
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Southwest Pama". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Alpher, Barry (1972). "On the genetic subgrouping of the languages of southwestern Cape York Peninsula, Australia". Oceanic Linguistics. 11: 67–87. doi:10.2307/3622803.
- ↑ Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. p. xxxii.
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