Gunwinyguan languages Totally Explained

Everything about The Gunwinyguan Languages totally explained

The Gunwinyguan languages form the second largest family of Australian Aboriginal languages. They are spoken in Arnhem Land in northern Australia. The most populous language is Gunwinygu, with some 1500 speakers. Although the validity of the Gunwinyguan family is widely accepted, the inclusion of some lesser known language isolates is debated. Ethnologue, for example,(External Link

) includes the Burarran languages, Kakadu, and Enindhilyagwa, which are not included here. What follows is based on a recent classification by Nicholas Evans at the University of Melbourne.

Classification

Gunwinyguan proper: Jawony (Djauan), Ngandi, Ngalakgan, Kunwinjku (Gunwinggu, Kunwinjku), Kunbarlang, Ngalkbun, Rembarrnga, Wagiman, Wardaman, Yangman
Maran languages: Alawa, Warndarrang, Marra
Kungarakany language
Nunggubuyu language
Waray language
Mangarayi language

Evans has proposed that Gunwinyguan is related to the Pama-Nyungan languages in a family he calls Macro-Pama-Nyungan.

Further Information

Get more info on 'Gunwinyguan Languages'.

External Link Exchanges

Do you know how hard it is to get a link from a large encyclopaedia? Well we're different and will prove it. To get a link from us just add the following HTML to your site on a relevant page:

<a href="http://gunwinyguan_languages.totallyexplained.com">Gunwinyguan languages Totally Explained</a>

Then simply click through this link from your web page. Our crawlers will verify your link, extract the title of your web page and instantly add a link back to it. If you like you can remove the words Totally Explained and embed the link in article text.
As long as your link remains in place, we'll keep our link to you right here. Please play fair - our crawlers are watching. Your site must be closely related to this one's topic. Any kind of spamming, dubious practises or removing the link will result in your link from us being dropped and, potentially, your whole site being banned.