Southwestern Paman languages
Family of Australian Aboriginal languages
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The Southwestern Paman languages are a family of the Paman languages spoken on the western part of the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia.
Geographic
distributionCape York Peninsula, Queensland
distributionCape York Peninsula, Queensland
Linguistic classificationPama–Nyungan
- Paman
- Southwest Pama
Subdivisions
- Upper
- Coastal
| Southwest Pama | |
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| Geographic distribution | Cape York Peninsula, Queensland |
| Linguistic classification | Pama–Nyungan
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| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | sout3141 |
Southwestern Paman languages (green) among other Pama–Nyungan (tan) | |
Alpher (1972) accepts Southwestern Pama as a valid node; the classification below is his.[1] R. M. W. Dixon, on the other hand, only accepts a connections between pairs of languages: Yir, as two dialects of a single language, and Koko Bera with Kok Thawa.[2]
- Southwestern Paman
- Upper Southwest Pama
- Kuuk Thaayorre
- Kuuk Yak
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- Kunjen (Oykangand)
- Ogh-Undjan (Kawarrangg)
- Coastal Southwest Pama
- Yir-Yoront (Yirrk-Thangalkl)
- Koko Pera
- Upper Southwest Pama
Bowern (2011) also lists the extinct Kokiny and Kok-Papángk.
