Yura languages
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| Yura
Thura-Yura
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| Geographic distribution: |
South Australia |
| Genetic classification: |
Pama-Nyungan Southwest (Nyungic) Yura |
| Subdivisions: |
Ngadjuri
Nukunu
Narangga
Barngarla
Kuyani
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The Yura or Thura-Yura languages are a group of Australian Aboriginal languages surrounding Spencer's Gulf and Gulf St Vincent in South Australia, that comprise a genetic subgroup of the Southwest branch of the Pama-Nyungan family. The name Yura comes from the word for "person" in the northern languages; this is a lenited form of the thura found in other languages, hence Thura-Yura. Similar words for "person" are found in languages outside the group, however.
[edit] References
- Simpson, Jane; Hercus, Luise (2004). "Thura-Yura as a subgroup", in Claire Bowern & Harold Koch: Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company.
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