Karnic languages

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Karnic languages are a subgroup of Australian Aboriginal languages traditionally spoken in central and western Queensland and adjacent regions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Australian Aboriginal language subgroup
language family
characterizedBy shared morphological features
shared phonological innovations
continent Australia
documentationStatus better documented for some languages such as Dieri
poorly documented for many varieties
geographicDistribution interior of eastern Australia
glottologClassification Karnic NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Karnic branch
Karnic subgroup
hasMember Arabana language NERFINISHED
Dieri language NERFINISHED
Karuwali language NERFINISHED
Kungkari language NERFINISHED
Mithaka language NERFINISHED
Ngamini language NERFINISHED
Pitta Pitta language NERFINISHED
Punthamara language NERFINISHED
Wangka-Yutjurru language NERFINISHED
Wangkangurru language NERFINISHED
Wangkumara language NERFINISHED
Yandruwandha language NERFINISHED
Yarluyandi language NERFINISHED
Yawarrawarrka language NERFINISHED
Yawarrawarrka–Yandruwandha dialect cluster
historicalStatus traditionally spoken by nomadic and semi-nomadic groups
ISOClassification multiple ISO 639-3 codes for individual member languages
languageFamily Pama–Nyungan language family NERFINISHED
partOf Australian Indigenous languages NERFINISHED
reconstruction subject of comparative reconstruction within Pama–Nyungan
region Northern Territory NERFINISHED
South Australia NERFINISHED
central Queensland NERFINISHED
western Queensland
researchField Australian Aboriginal linguistics
status endangered
mostly extinct
subclassOf Pama–Nyungan languages NERFINISHED
timeDepth likely several thousand years as a distinct subgroup
traditionalSpeakers Australian Aboriginal peoples NERFINISHED
typologicalFeature agglutinative morphology
rich case systems
suffixing morphology
usedBy Indigenous communities of inland Queensland and adjacent areas
wordOrder flexible word order

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Pama–Nyungan languages hasSubgroup Karnic languages