Mayabic languages
Extinct language family of Australia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mayabic, or Mayi, is a small family of extinct Australian Aboriginal languages of Queensland. They were once classified as Paman, but now as a separate branch of Pama–Nyungan.[1]
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Mayabic | |
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Mayi | |
Geographic distribution | Queensland |
Linguistic classification | Pama–Nyungan
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Glottolog | maya1279 |
Mayabic languages (green) among other Pama–Nyungan (tan) |
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The languages are:
- Mayi-Kutuna, Mayi-Kulan (incl. Mayi-Thakurti, Mayi-Yapi), Ngawun (incl. Wunumara)
According to Dixon (2002), Wunumara may have been a dialect of Ngawun or of Mayi-Kulan, which may have been a single language.[2] Bowern (2011 [2012]), however, lists all six of the above as separate languages.