The Ngumpin–Yapa a.k.a. Ngarrka–Ngumpin languages are a family of Pama–Nyungan languages of the

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region of Australia.Bowern, Claire. 2011.
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* Ngarrga languages (Yapa: Warlmanpa and Warlpiri) * Ngumbin languages (Walmajarri, Djaru, Gurindji and Mudburra) Ngardi, once classified as either Ngarrga (2002) or Ngumpin (2004), has been reassigned to the

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Vocabulary

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(1940) lists the following basic vocabulary items for the Ngumpin–Yapa languages:Capell, Arthur. 1940
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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. {{DEFAULTSORT:Ngumpin-Yapa languages Indigenous Australian languages in the Northern Territory Indigenous Australian languages in Western Australia