Southwestern Paman languages

Pama–Nyungan language family of Australia

Southwest Pama
Geographic
distribution
Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Linguistic classificationPama–Nyungan
  • Paman
    • Southwest Pama
Subdivisions
  • Upper
  • Coastal
Glottologsout3141
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.[1] 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.[2]

  • Southwestern Paman
    • 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

  1. ^ Alpher, Barry (1972). "On the genetic subgrouping of the languages of southwestern Cape York Peninsula, Australia". Oceanic Linguistics. 11 (2): 67–87. doi:10.2307/3622803. JSTOR 3622803.
  2. ^ Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. p. xxxii.
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