Macro-Pama-Nyungan languages
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Macro-Pama-Nyungan is a recently proposed Australian language family that links the two largest language families in Australia, the Pama-Nyungan family, which covers seven-eighths of the continent, and Gunwinyguan, the principal family of Arnhem Land in northern Australia.
The traditionally accepted languages families included in this proposal are,
- Gunwinyguan
- Greater Pama-Nyungan
In addition, it has been suggested that the Ngurmbur language isolate may belong to this group.
[edit] References
- McConvell, Patrick and Nicholas Evans. (eds.) 1997. Archaeology and Linguistics: Global Perspectives on Ancient Australia. Melbourne: Oxford University Press
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