Wiradhuric languages

Wiradhuric
Central Inland New South Wales
Geographic distribution:	New South Wales
Linguistic classification:	Pama–Nyungan Central New South Wales (geographic) Wiradhuric
Subdivisions:	Wiradhuri Ngiyambaa Gamilaraay

The Wiradhuric languages, or Central inland New South Wales, are a family of Pama–Nyungan languages of Australia. There are three languages:

All are now moribund.

Wiradhuri and Ngiyambaa appear to be more closely related to each other than to Gamilaraay, as they show some common features that Gamilaraay lacks.

Comparison

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Austin, P. (1993). A Reference Dictionary of Gamilaraay, northern New South Wales. Bundoora: La Trobe University Department of Linguistics.
Austin, P.; Williams, C. and Würm, S. A. (1980). "The linguistic situation in north central New South Wales". In Rigsby, B. and Sutton, P.. Contributions to Australian Linguistics. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. pp. 167–80.
Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521473780, ISBN 9780521473781. http://www.cambridge.org/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521473780.