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Ngarna Languages
The Ngarna or Warluwar(r)ic languages are a discontinuous primary branch of the Pama–Nyungan language family of Australia.Bowern, Claire. 2011.How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?, ''Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web'', December 23, 2011correctedFebruary 6, 2012) The moribund Yanyuwa language is the only survivor of this group. The two geographic and also cladistic groups are: * Yanyuwa *Southern Ngarna/Warluwar(r)ic **Ngarru *** Wagaya † ***Yindjilandji † **Thawa *** Bularnu † ***Warluwara † History and status "Warluwar(r)ic" was first proposed by O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin (1966), consisting of Warluwarra only, to which the "Wakayic" (consisting of Wakaya) and "Yanyulan" groups (consisting of Yanyuwa) were later proved to be related. Bularnu and Yindjilandji were later recorded and also added to the classification. On the basis of shared pronoun systems and nominal case-marking, Barry Blake (1988) later grouped Yanyuwa, Wakaya (and by exte ...
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Northern Territory
The Northern Territory (commonly abbreviated as NT; formally the Northern Territory of Australia) is an states and territories of Australia, Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. The Northern Territory shares its borders with Western Australia to the west (129th meridian east), South Australia to the south (26th parallel south), and Queensland to the east (138th meridian east). To the north, the territory looks out to the Timor Sea, the Arafura Sea and the Gulf of Carpentaria, including Western New Guinea and other islands of the Indonesian archipelago. The NT covers , making it the third-largest Australian federal division, and List of country subdivisions by area, the 11th-largest country subdivision in the world. It is sparsely populated, with a population of only 249,000 – fewer than half as many people as in Tasmania. The largest population center is the capital city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Darwin. The archaeological hist ...
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Yindjilandji Language
Wagaya (Wakaya) is an extinct language, extinct Australian Aboriginal languages, Australian Aboriginal language of Queensland. Yindjilandji (Indjilandji) may have been a separate language. The linguist Gavan Breen recorded two dialects of the language, an Eastern and a Western variety, incorporating their description in his 1974 grammar. Classification Wagaya belongs to the Ngarna languages, Warluwarric (Ngarna) subgroup of the Pama–Nyungan family of List of Australian Aboriginal languages, Australian languages. It is most related to Yindjilandji language, Yindjilandji, Bularnu language, Bularnu, and Warluwarra language, Warluwarra. Gavan Breen groups Wagaya together with Yindjilandji into the "Ngarru" group, while Bularnu and Warluwarra form the "Thawa" group (each respectively after the common word for 'man, Aboriginal person'). These two groups together form the southern branch of Ngarna/Warluwarric, to which the discontinuous Yanyuwa language, Yanyuwa is related at the up ...
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Ngarna Languages
The Ngarna or Warluwar(r)ic languages are a discontinuous primary branch of the Pama–Nyungan language family of Australia.Bowern, Claire. 2011.How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?, ''Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web'', December 23, 2011correctedFebruary 6, 2012) The moribund Yanyuwa language is the only survivor of this group. The two geographic and also cladistic groups are: * Yanyuwa *Southern Ngarna/Warluwar(r)ic **Ngarru *** Wagaya † ***Yindjilandji † **Thawa *** Bularnu † ***Warluwara † History and status "Warluwar(r)ic" was first proposed by O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin (1966), consisting of Warluwarra only, to which the "Wakayic" (consisting of Wakaya) and "Yanyulan" groups (consisting of Yanyuwa) were later proved to be related. Bularnu and Yindjilandji were later recorded and also added to the classification. On the basis of shared pronoun systems and nominal case-marking, Barry Blake (1988) later grouped Yanyuwa, Wakaya (and by exte ...
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Warluwara Language
Warluwarra is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language of Queensland. Waluwarra (also known as ''Warluwarra'', ''Walugara'', and ''Walukara'') has a traditional language region in the local government area of Shire of Boulia, including Walgra Station and Wolga, from Roxborough Downs north to Carandotta Station and Urandangi on the Georgina River, on Moonah Creek to Rochedale, south-east of Pituri Creek. Classification R. M. W. Dixon (2002) places Warluwara in the Southern Ngarna subgroup, along with Wagaya, Yindjilandji, and Bularnu. This is in turn related to Yanyuwa. Sign The Warluwara The Waluwara were an indigenous Australian people of the state of Queensland. Language The ethnonym of the people comes from the name for their language, Warluwarra, which is classified as one of the Ngarna languages. Country In Norman Tindale' ... had a developed signed form of their language.Kendon, A. (1988) ''Sign Languages of Aboriginal Australia: Cultural, Semiotic and Communic ...
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Bularnu Language
Wagaya (Wakaya) is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language of Queensland. Yindjilandji (Indjilandji) may have been a separate language. The linguist Gavan Breen recorded two dialects of the language, an Eastern and a Western variety, incorporating their description in his 1974 grammar. Classification Wagaya belongs to the Warluwarric (Ngarna) subgroup of the Pama–Nyungan family of Australian languages. It is most related to Yindjilandji The Yindjilandji are an indigenous Australian people of the Northern Territory. Language The Yindjilandji language is usually grouped as one of the Ngarna languages, and considered a southern variety, and either a dialect of Wagawa if not an inde ..., Bularnu, and Warluwarra. Gavan Breen groups Wagaya together with Yindjilandji into the "Ngarru" group, while Bularnu and Warluwarra form the "Thawa" group (each respectively after the common word for 'man, Aboriginal person'). These two groups together form the southern branch of Ngarna ...
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Wagaya Language
Wagaya (Wakaya) is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language of Queensland. Yindjilandji (Indjilandji) may have been a separate language. The linguist Gavan Breen recorded two dialects of the language, an Eastern and a Western variety, incorporating their description in his 1974 grammar. Classification Wagaya belongs to the Warluwarric (Ngarna) subgroup of the Pama–Nyungan family of Australian languages. It is most related to Yindjilandji The Yindjilandji are an indigenous Australian people of the Northern Territory. Language The Yindjilandji language is usually grouped as one of the Ngarna languages, and considered a southern variety, and either a dialect of Wagawa if not an inde ..., Bularnu, and Warluwarra. Gavan Breen groups Wagaya together with Yindjilandji into the "Ngarru" group, while Bularnu and Warluwarra form the "Thawa" group (each respectively after the common word for 'man, Aboriginal person'). These two groups together form the southern branch of Ngarna ...
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Queensland
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Cambridge University Press
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