Ngumbin languages
Ngumbin (or Ngumpin) languages are a small language family of Australia, consisting of (from west to east):
- Walmajarri
- Djaru
- Gurindji (Gurindji proper, Bilinarra, Wanyjirra, Malngin, Ngarinyman)
- Mudburra
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Geographic distribution | Western Australia and Northern Territory |
Linguistic classification | Pama–Nyungan
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Glottolog | ngum1252[1] |
![]() Ngumpin languages (green) among other Pama–Nyungan (tan). |
In 2004 it was demonstrated that Ngumbin is related to the neighboring Ngarrkic languages.
See also
Footnotes
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Ngumbin". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
References
- McConvell and Laughren (2004) "The Ngumpin–Yapa subgroup". In Claire Bowern & Harold Koch, Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company.
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