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Arnhem Land languages

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Arnhem Land
(proposed)
Geographic
distribution
northern Australia
Linguistic classificationProposed language family
Subdivisions
Language codes
GlottologNone
Arnhem Land families:
  Yiwaidjan   Giimbiyu   Gaagudju   Umbugarla   Burarran   other non-Pama–Nyungan families

The Arnhem Land languages are a language family proposed by Evans (1997) of Australian languages spoken across northern Arnhem Land.

The name "Arnhem languages" is used by Green (2003) for what Evans calls "Ginwinyguan", and is only tangentially related to this proposal.

The established language families included in this proposal are:

References

  • McConvell, Patrick and Nicholas Evans. (eds.) 1997. Archaeology and Linguistics: Global Perspectives on Ancient Australia. Melbourne: Oxford University Press.
Primary language families
Africa
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(Europe
and Asia)
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New Guinea
and the Pacific
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Australia
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North
America
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South
America
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(extant in 2000)
Sign
languages
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