Mayabic languages

Mayabic
Mayabic
Mayi
Geographic; distribution	Queensland
Linguistic classification	Pama–Nyungan Mayabic;
Language codes
Glottolog	maya1279
	Mayabic languages (green) among other Pama–Nyungan (tan)

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]

The languages are:

Mayi-Kutuna, Mayi-Kulan (incl. Mayi-Thakurti, Mayi-Yapi), Ngawun (incl. Wunumara)

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.

External links

Paradisec has an open access collection of Gavan Breen's materials for Wunumara

References

^ Bowern, Claire. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?", Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web, December 23, 2011 (corrected February 6, 2012)
^ Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge University Press.

Breen, Gavan (1981). The Mayi languages of the Queensland Gulf Country. Canberra: AIAS. p. 13. ISBN 0-85575-124-X.

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[1] Bowern, Claire. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?", Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web, December 23, 2011 (corrected February 6, 2012)

[2] Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge University Press.

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