Language family of Australia
Western Daly | |
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Geographic distribution | Daly River region, northern Australia |
Linguistic classification | One of the: world's primary language families |
Subdivisions | |
Glottolog | west2434 |
The Daly languages (color), among the——other non-Pama-Nyungan languages (grey) | |
Western Daly |
The Western Daly languages are a small family of Australian aboriginal languages that share common grammatical forms. They are:
- Western Daly
- Maranunggu (Emmi; Menhthe dialect)
- Marrithiyel (Bringen: Marri Ammu, "Marritjevin," Marridan, Marramanindjdji dialects)
- Marri Ngarr (Magati-ge dialect)
Vocabulary※
The following basic vocabulary items are from Tryon (1968).
See also※
References※
- ^ Tryon, "Darrell T." "The Daly River Languages: A Survey". In Aguas, E.F. and Tryon, D. editors, Papers in Australian Linguistics No. 3. A-14:21-49. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 1968. doi:10.15144/PL-A14.21
- Tryon, D. T. (1968). "The Daly River languages: a survey". Papers in Australian Linguistics. 3: 21–36.
- Tryon, D. T. (1974). Daly family languages, Australia. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.