Pama–Nyungan languages

E159080
Australian Aboriginal language family language family

The Pama–Nyungan languages are a large and widespread family of Indigenous Australian languages that cover most of the Australian continent and include many of its best-known Aboriginal tongues.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Pama–Nyungan languages canonical 75
Pama–Nyungan 6
Ngarrindjeri language 1

Statements (62)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Australian Aboriginal language family ⓘ
language family ⓘ
arealExtent most of the Australian continent ⓘ
continent Australia ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
culturalContext Indigenous Australian cultures ⓘ
fieldOfStudy Australian Aboriginal linguistics ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ
geographicDistribution New South Wales ⓘ
Northern Territory ⓘ
Queensland ⓘ
South Australia ⓘ
Tasmania ⓘ
surface form: Tasmania (historically)

Victoria ⓘ
Western Australia ⓘ
hasSubgroup Arandic languages ⓘ
Yuin–Kuric languages ⓘ
surface form: Bandjalangic languages

Western Desert language ⓘ
surface form: Desert languages

Karnic languages ⓘ
Yuin–Kuric languages ⓘ
surface form: Kartu languages

Kulin languages ⓘ
surface form: Kulinic languages

Maric languages ⓘ
Nyungic languages ⓘ
surface form: Ngayarta languages

Nyungic languages ⓘ
Pama languages ⓘ
Southwest Pama languages ⓘ
Yuin–Kuric languages ⓘ
surface form: Thura–Yura languages

Waka–Kabic languages ⓘ
Wati languages ⓘ
Yanyuwa language (often classified within Pama–Nyungan) ⓘ
Yolŋu languages ⓘ
Yuin–Kuric languages ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Latin script (for many standardized orthographies) ⓘ
includesLanguage Arrernte languages ⓘ
surface form: Arrernte language

Dyirbal language ⓘ
Gamilaraay language ⓘ
Guugu Yimithirr language ⓘ
Kaurna language ⓘ
Kuku Yalanji language ⓘ
Martu Wangka language ⓘ
Noongar language ⓘ
Pintupi language ⓘ
Pitjantjatjara language ⓘ
Gamilaraay language ⓘ
surface form: Warlmanpa language

Warlpiri language ⓘ
Wik-Mungkan language ⓘ
Wiradjuri language ⓘ
Yindjibarndi language ⓘ
Yolngu Matha ⓘ
surface form: Yolŋu Matha

Yorta Yorta language ⓘ
Gamilaraay language ⓘ
surface form: Yuwaalaraay language
linguisticFeature complex case systems in many member languages ⓘ
relatively small phoneme inventories in many member languages ⓘ
rich verbal morphology in many member languages ⓘ
namedAfter Nyunga language ⓘ
Pama languages ⓘ
recognizedBy comparative linguistics ⓘ
status many languages endangered ⓘ
several languages extinct ⓘ
subclassOf Aboriginal languages ⓘ
surface form: Australian Aboriginal languages
timeDepth at least several thousand years ⓘ
usedBy Aboriginal Australians ⓘ

Referenced by (85)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wiradjuri people → languageFamily → Pama–Nyungan languages ⓘ
Yorta Yorta people → languageFamily → Pama–Nyungan languages ⓘ
Ngarrindjeri people → language → Pama–Nyungan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ngarrindjeri language
Aboriginal Australians → languageFamily → Pama–Nyungan languages ⓘ
Aboriginal languages → includes → Pama–Nyungan languages ⓘ
Aboriginal languages → includes → Pama–Nyungan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Warlpiri language
Yankunytjatjara → languageFamily → Pama–Nyungan languages ⓘ
Pitjantjatjara → languageFamily → Pama–Nyungan languages ⓘ
Eastern Kuku Yalanji people → languageFamily → Pama–Nyungan languages ⓘ
Nari Nari people → languageFamily → Pama–Nyungan languages ⓘ
subject surface form: Nari Nari language
Darug people → languageFamily → Pama–Nyungan languages ⓘ
Ngunnawal people → languageFamily → Pama–Nyungan languages ⓘ
Torres Strait Islanders → languageFamily → Pama–Nyungan languages ⓘ
Gundungurra people → languageFamily → Pama–Nyungan languages ⓘ
Darumbal people → languageFamily → Pama–Nyungan languages ⓘ
subject surface form: Darumbal language
Butchulla people → languageFamily → Pama–Nyungan languages ⓘ
Wonnarua people → languageFamily → Pama–Nyungan languages ⓘ
Gringai people → languageFamily → Pama–Nyungan languages ⓘ
Wamba Wamba people → languageFamily → Pama–Nyungan languages ⓘ
Awabakal people → languageFamily → Pama–Nyungan languages ⓘ
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures → usesLanguageFamily → Pama–Nyungan languages ⓘ
Worimi people → languageFamily → Pama–Nyungan languages ⓘ
Wurundjeri people → languageFamily → Pama–Nyungan languages ⓘ
Wiradhuri → languageFamily → Pama–Nyungan languages ⓘ
Yorta Yorta language → languageFamily → Pama–Nyungan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pama–Nyungan
Ngaro people → languageFamily → Pama–Nyungan languages ⓘ
Bangerang people → languageFamily → Pama–Nyungan languages ⓘ
Yuin–Kuric languages → subclassOf → Pama–Nyungan languages ⓘ
Yuin–Kuric languages → partOf → Pama–Nyungan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southeast Pama–Nyungan languages
Narrinyeri → languageFamily → Pama–Nyungan languages ⓘ
Murri people → hasLanguageFamily → Pama–Nyungan languages ⓘ
Kaurna people → languageFamily → Pama–Nyungan languages ⓘ
subject surface form: Kaurna language
Arrernte people → languageFamily → Pama–Nyungan languages ⓘ
Pitjantjatjara people → languageFamily → Pama–Nyungan languages ⓘ
Koori people → hasLanguageFamily → Pama–Nyungan languages ⓘ
Yamatji people → hasLanguageFamily → Pama–Nyungan languages ⓘ
Warlpiri people → languageFamily → Pama–Nyungan languages ⓘ
Gamilaraay language → languageFamily → Pama–Nyungan languages ⓘ
Yolŋu languages → partOf → Pama–Nyungan languages ⓘ
Gamilaraay people → languageFamily → Pama–Nyungan languages ⓘ
Arrernte languages → subclassOf → Pama–Nyungan languages ⓘ
Pitjantjatjara language → languageFamily → Pama–Nyungan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pama–Nyungan
Birpai people → languageFamily → Pama–Nyungan languages ⓘ
subject surface form: Birpai language
Noongar language → languageFamily → Pama–Nyungan languages ⓘ
Bundjalung people → languageFamily → Pama–Nyungan languages ⓘ
Kaurna language → languageFamily → Pama–Nyungan languages ⓘ
Wiradjuri language → languageFamily → Pama–Nyungan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pama–Nyungan
Biripi people → languageFamily → Pama–Nyungan languages ⓘ
Yankunytjatjara language → languageFamily → Pama–Nyungan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pama–Nyungan
Western Desert language → languageFamily → Pama–Nyungan languages ⓘ