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Mayi languages

Mayabic
Mayi
Geographic
distribution:
Queensland
Linguistic classification: Pama–Nyungan
  • Mayabic
Glottolog: maya1279
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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.

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. Bowern (2011 [2012]), however, lists all six of the above as separate languages.



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