Southwest Pama | |
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Geographic distribution |
Cape York Peninsula, Queensland |
Linguistic classification |
Pama–Nyungan
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Subdivisions |
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Glottolog | sout3141 |
Southwestern Paman languages (green) among other Pama–Nyungan (tan)
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The Southwestern Paman languages are a family of the Paman languages spoken on the western part of the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia.
Alpher (1972) accepts Southwestern Pama as a valid node; the classification below is his.R. M. W. Dixon, on the other hand, only accepts a connections between pairs of languages: Yir, as two dialects of a single language, and Koko Bera with Kok Thawa.
Bowern (2011) also lists the extinct Kokiny and Kok-Papángk.