Ngumbin (or Ngumpin) languages are a small language family of Australia, consisting of (from west to east):
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Walmajarri
The Walmadjari (Walmajarri) people, also known as Tjiwaling and Wanaseka, are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Kimberley region of Western Australia.
Name
The two names reflect different Walmadjari preferences. Their western bands accept ...
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Djaru
The Djaru people are an Aboriginal Australian people of the southern Kimberley region of Western Australia.
Language
Djaru is a member of the Ngumbin language family, and is related to Walmajarri.
Country
The Djaru people ranged along Margar ...
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Gurindji (Gurindji proper, Bilinarra, Wanyjirra, Malngin, Ngarinyman)
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Mudburra
The Mudburra, also spelt Mudbara and other variants, are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Northern Territory.
Language
Mudburra is one of the far eastern forms of the Pama-Nyungan Ngumbin languages.
Country
The Mudburra people live i ...
In 2004 it was demonstrated that Ngumbin is related to the neighboring
Ngarrkic languages.
See also
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Ngumpit
The Gurindji are an Aboriginal Australian people of northern Australia, southwest of Katherine in the Northern Territory's Victoria River region.
Language and culture
Gurindji is one of the eastern Ngumbin languages, in the Ngumbin-Yapa s ...
, a name used by the
Gurindji,
Malngin
The Malngin are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Kimberley region of Western Australia. The Malngin language was a dialect of Gurindj.
Country
Norman Tindale estimated their tribal lands to have encompassed some and placed their wester ...
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Bilinara
The Bilinarra, also spelt Bilingara and Bilinara, are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Northern Territory.
Language
The Bilinarra language is classified as an eastern variety of one of the Pama-Nyungan Ngumbin languages. It is mutually ...
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Mudburra
The Mudburra, also spelt Mudbara and other variants, are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Northern Territory.
Language
Mudburra is one of the far eastern forms of the Pama-Nyungan Ngumbin languages.
Country
The Mudburra people live i ...
and
Ngarinyman
The Ngarinman or Ngarinyman people are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Northern Territory who spoke the Ngarinyman language.
Country
According to an estimate made by Norman Tindale, the Ngarinman held some of territory. Their central do ...
peoples to refer to themselves as a group
Footnotes
References
*McConvell and Laughren (2004) "The Ngumpin–Yapa subgroup". In Claire Bowern & Harold Koch, ''Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method.'' Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company.
Indigenous Australian languages in Western Australia
Indigenous Australian languages in the Northern Territory
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