Language families of Australian Aborigines ; represented in large part on the Arnhem Land Peninsula - are underlined:
| Pama-Nyung languages Punup languages Voro languages Karavian languages Kympian languages Kunvinku languages Deyl languages Yirami languages Tyarak languages | Yivyan languages Larakia Limilingan languages Nulnul languages Tiwi Umbucarla-Ngurburian languages West Barclays |
Arnhemland Languages is the name of two alleged associations of the linguistic families of the Australian languages of the Arnhem Land Peninsula in northern Australia .
| family | Evans hypothesis | Dixon group |
|---|---|---|
| Deyliyskaya | ||
| Larakia | ||
| Limilingan | ||
| Ngunbut | ||
| Ngatshuk | ||
| Kakutu | + | + |
| Umbucarla | + | |
| Ngurmbur | ||
| Bukunitya | ||
| Kuntimi | ||
| Kympian | + | |
| Ivatyanskaya | + | |
| Purarr | + | + |
| Kunvinku | + | |
| Enintillacqua | + |
Arnhemland macrofamily (Arnhem Land macrofamily) - proposed by N. Ivans , includes the Purarr , Ivatian , Kympian families and Kakutu and Umbucarla isolates . [one]
Robert Dixon's “ Arnhemland Group ” (Arnhem Land group) is an areal association comprising the Kunvinku and Purarra families and Kakutu and Enintillakva isolates .
In addition, 2 more families are distributed on the peninsula, about 6 isolated and unclassified languages and several languages of the Pam-Nyung family . All of them are presented in the table on the left, in an approximate order from west to east.
Notes
- ↑ McConvell, Patrick and Nicholas Evans. (eds.) 1997. Archeology and Linguistics: Global Perspectives on Ancient Australia. Melbourne: Oxford University Press