North Cape York Paman languages

The North Cape York Paman languages are a subdivision of the Paman languages consisting of forty languages, all spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia. The languages are grouped largely according to R. M. W. Dixon.[1] The only extant branches of this family are Umpila and the Wik languages. The now-extinct Northern Paman branch was unique among Pama-Nyungan languages in containing fricatives.

North Cape York Paman
Northern Paman
Geographic
distribution
Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Linguistic classificationPama–Nyungan
  • Paman
    • North Cape York Paman
Subdivisions
  • Northern Paman (proper) †
  • Umpila
  • Wik
GlottologNone
nort2758  (Northern Paman)
comp1236  (Wik–Umpila)
North Cape York Paman languages (green) among other Pama–Nyungan (tan)

The languages are,

Sutton (2001) also distinguishes a Ndwa'ngith language among Northern Paman.

References

  1. Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. p. xxxi. ISBN 0-521-47378-0.


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