Mayabic, or Mayi, is a small family of extinct Australian Aboriginal languages of Queensland. They were once classified as Paman, but now as a separate branch of Pama–Nyungan.[1]
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| Mayi | |
| Geographic distribution | Queensland |
| Linguistic classification | Pama–Nyungan
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| Glottolog | maya1279 |
Mayabic languages (green) among other Pama–Nyungan (tan) | |
The languages are:
According to Dixon (2002), Wunumara may have been a dialect of Ngawun or of Mayi-Kulan, which may have been a single language.[2] Bowern (2011 [2012]), however, lists all six of the above as separate languages.
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| Pama–Nyungan subgroups |
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| Tangkic | |||||||||||||||||
| Garrwan | |||||||||||||||||
| Macro-Gunwinyguan ? |
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| Iwaidjan |
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| Marrku–Wurrugu ? | |||||||||||||||||
| Darwin Region ? |
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| Daly River Sprachbund |
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| Mirndi |
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| Jarrakan |
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| Bunuban |
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| Worrorran | |||||||||||||||||
| Nyulnyulan |
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| Tasmanian family-level groups |
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