West Barkly languages

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The West Barkly languages are a small family of Australian Aboriginal languages spoken in northern Australia.

The West Barkly languages fall into two branches:

  • Djingili language
  • Ngarndji and Wambaya

Recently Nicholas Evans proposed that West Barkly is related to the Djamindjungan languages in a family he calls Mindi.

[edit] References

  • McConvell, Patrick, and Nicholas Evans (eds.) (1997). Archaeology and Linguistics: Aboriginal Australia in Global Perspective. Melbourne: Oxford University Press Australia. ISBN 0-19-553728-9.
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Languages of Australia

Non-native languages:
Indo-European: Australian English and Australian Aboriginal English • Torres Strait Creole • Kriol
Austronesian: Cocos Islands Malay
Other: Auslan

Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages:
Native isolates:: Enindhilyagwa • Laragiya • Ngurmbur • Tiwi
Established native:: Bunaban • Daly • Limilngan • Djeragan • Nyulnyulan • Wororan
Newly proposed native: Mindi • Djamindjungan • West Barkly • Arnhem Land macrofamily • Burarran • Yiwaidjan • Giimbiyu • Kakadu • Umbugarla
Macro-Pama Nyungan: Gunwinyguan and perhaps the Ngurmbur isolate
Greater Pama-Nyungan: Tankic • Garawa • Pama-Nyungan proper
Other: Minkin and languages of Tasmania

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