Ngumpin–Yapa languages
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Ngumpin–Yapa | |
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Ngarrka–Ngumpin | |
Geographic distribution: |
Pilbara region, Australia |
Linguistic classification: | Pama–Nyungan
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Subdivisions: | |
Glottolog: | ngum1251[1] |
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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.
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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.
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- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bowern, Claire. 2011. How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia? (corrected [1])