Northern Paman languages

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Northern Paman Northern Pama
Geographic distribution:	Cape York, Queensland, Australia
Genetic classification:	Pama-Nyungan Paman Northern Paman
Subdivisions:	—

The 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.

[edit] Classification

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According to R. M. W. Dixon (2002), the Northern Paman languages are:

Gudang
Uradhi
Wuthati
Luthigh
Yinwum
Anguthimri
Ngkoth
Aritinngithigh
Mbiywom
Adjingith

He places Northern Paman within the north Cape York subgroup, which also includes Umpila and the Wik subgroup, but regards further connections as unproven.

[edit] References

Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Hale, Kenneth L. (1964). "Classification of Northern Paman Languages, Cape York Peninsula, Australia; A Research Report". Oceanic Linguistics 3: 248–265.
Hale, Kenneth L. (1976). "Phonological developments in particular Northern Paman languages", in Sutton, P.: Languages of Cape York. Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, 7–40.
O'Grady, G. N.; Voegelin, C. F., Voegelin, F. M. (1966). "Languages of the world: Indo-Pacific Fascicle 6". Anthropological Linguistics 6 (2).