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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isolates | |||||||||||||||||
Tasmanian family-level groups |
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