Ngumpin–Yapa languages
| Ngumpin–Yapa | |
|---|---|
| Ngarrka–Ngumpin | |
| Geographic distribution: | Pilbara region, Australia |
| Linguistic classification: |
|
| Subdivisions: | |
| Glottolog: | ngum1251[1] |
|
Ngumpin–Yapa languages (green) among other Pama–Nyungan (tan). Ngumpin is the group in the north, and Yapa (Ngarrka) the south. The tan gap in the green is Ngardi. | |
The Ngumpin–Yapa AKA Ngarrka–Ngumpin languages are a family of Pama–Nyungan languages of the Pilbara region of Australia.[2]
Ngardi, once classified as either Ngarrga (2002) or Ngumpin (2004), has been reassigned to the Wati languages.[2]
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.
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Ngumpin–Yapa". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- 1 2 Bowern, Claire. 2011. How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia? (corrected )
External links
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, April 13, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.