The Mirning or Mirniny languages are a pair of
Pama–Nyungan languages
The Pama–Nyungan languages are the most widespread family of Australian Aboriginal languages, containing 306 out of 400 Aboriginal languages in Australia. The name "Pama–Nyungan" is a merism: it derived from the two end-points of the range: ...
of the
Nullarbor Coast of Australia.
[Bowern, Claire. 2011.]
How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?
, ''Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web'', December 23, 2011
corrected
February 6, 2012)
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Mirning
The Mirning, also known as the Ngandatha, are an Aboriginal Australian people whose traditional lands lay on the coastal region of the Great Australian Bight extending from Western Australia into south-west South Australia.
Name
''Mirniŋ'' was ...
(Mirniny)
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Ngadjunmaya (Ngatjumaya)
Galaagu (Kalarko) and
Kalaamaya, once thought to be related to Mirning, turn out to be closer to
Nyungar
The Noongar (, also spelt Noongah, Nyungar , Nyoongar, Nyoongah, Nyungah, Nyugah, and Yunga ) are Aboriginal Australian peoples who live in the south-west corner of Western Australia, from Geraldton on the west coast to Esperance on the so ...
.
References
{{Australian Aboriginal languages
Southwest Pama–Nyungan languages