Nyulnyulan | |
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Geographic distribution |
northern Australia |
Linguistic classification | One of the world's primary language families |
Subdivisions |
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Glottolog | nyul1248 |
Nyulnyulan languages (purple), among other non-Pama-Nyungan languages (grey)
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The Nyulnyulan languages are a small family of closely related Australian Aboriginal languages spoken in northern Western Australia. Most languages in this family are extinct, with only 3 extant languages, all of which are almost extinct.
The languages form two branches established on the basis of lexical and morphological innovation.