Nyulnyulan languages

The Nyulnyulan languages are a small family of closely related Australian Aboriginal languages spoken in northern Australia.

The languages form two branches established on the basis of lexical and morphological innovation.^[2]

• Western or Nyulnyulic:

Nyulnyul, Bardi–Djawi, Dyaberdyaber, Nimanburru

• Eastern or Dyukun:

Jukun, Yawuru, Warrwa, Nyigina, Ngumbarl

References

• Bowern, Claire. 2004: Bardi Verb Morphology in Historical Perspective PhD, Harvard University
• Bowern, Claire. 2010: Two Missing Pieces in a Nyulnyulan Jigsaw Puzzle. LSA, Baltimore.
• Stokes, B; McGregor, W. B. (2003). "Classification and subclassification of the Nyulnyulan languages". In N. Evans. The Non-Pama–Nyungan Languages of Northern Australia: Comparative Studies of the Continent’s Most Linguistically Complex Region. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. pp. 29–74. 

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