Ngarrkic languages
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| Ngarrkic
Ngarrka, Ngarga
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| Geographic distribution: |
Central Australia |
| Genetic classification: |
Pama-Nyungan South-West Ngarrkic |
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Ngarrkic is a collective name for a pair of closely-related languages of Central Australia. It is part of the diverse Southwest Pama-Nyungan family, which in turn belongs to the Pama-Nyungan family.
The family is named after the common word for man in the member languages, ngarrka (IPA: [ˈŋarka]). Ngarga is an older name for the same family.
Warlpiri is the more populous of the Ngarrkic languages; the other is Warlmanpa.
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