Nyulnyulan languages

Nyulnyulan
Geographic
distribution:
northern Australia
Linguistic classification: One of the world's primary language families
Subdivisions:
  • Eastern
  • Western
Glottolog: nyul1248[1]

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Nyulnyulan languages (purple), among other non-Pama-Nyungan languages (grey)

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]

Nyulnyul, BardiDjawi, Dyaberdyaber, Nimanburru
Jukun, Yawuru, Warrwa, Nyigina, Ngumbarl

References

  1. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Nyulnyulan". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  2. Bowern 2004: Bardi Verb Morphology in Historical Perspective PhD, Harvard University


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