Paman languages

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Paman is an aboriginal language family of Cape York in Queensland, Australia. First noted by Kenneth Hale,^[1][2] Paman is noteworthy for the profound phonological changes which have affected some of its descendants.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Paman descendants

Extant Paman languages include the Northern Paman languages Uradhi, Linngithigh and Mpakwithi, Umpila and Kuuku Ya'u, the Middle Paman (sometimes called "Wik") languages Wik Ngathan, Wik Ngathrr, Wik-Mungkan, Pakanh, Ayabadhu and Kugu Uwanh, Uw Olkola and Uw Oykangand, Ogunyjan, Kuuk Thaayorre and Kuk Yak, Yir Yoront and Yirrk Thangalkl, Kok Kaper, Kok Narr, Kukatj, the Norman Paman languages Kurrtjar and Kuthant, Uuk Umpithamu, Rimanggudinhma, Umbuygamu, Lamalama, Flinders Island, Guugu Yimidhirr, Gugu Yalandji, Yidiny and Djabugay and Mbabaram.[1]

[edit] References

1. ^ Hale, Kenneth L. (1964). "Classification of Northern Paman Languages, Cape York Peninsula, Australia; A Research Report". Oceanic Linguistics 3: 248–265. doi:10.2307/3622881. 
2. ^ Hale, Kenneth L. (1966). "The Paman group of the Pama-Nyungan phylic family. Appendix to Languages of the World: Indo-Pacific Fascicle Six, by G.N. O'Grady, C. F. & F.M. Voegelin". Anthropological Linguistics 8(2): 162–197. 

[edit] External links

• The Summer Institute of Linguistics' report for Paman.