Ngurlun languages
Mirndi language branch of Australia
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The Ngurlun languages, also known as Eastern Mirndi, are a branch of the Mirndi languages spoken around in the Barkly Tableland of Northern Territory, Australia. The branch consists of two to four languages, depending on what is considered a dialect: Ngarnka, Wambaya, and often Binbinka and Gurdanji.[1]
Geographic
distributionBarkly Tableland, Australia
distributionBarkly Tableland, Australia
| Ngurlun | |
|---|---|
| West Barkly (reduced) | |
| Geographic distribution | Barkly Tableland, Australia |
| Linguistic classification | Mirndi
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| Subdivisions | |
| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | guda1245 |
Yirram
Barkly
other non-Pama–Nyungan families | |
The group was formerly thought to be most closely related to the Jingulu language, with this larger group called West Barkly or simply Barkly,[2] but the connection is no longer thought to be genealogical.[1]
