The Arnhem Land languages are a
language family
A language family is a group of languages related through descent from a common ''ancestral language'' or ''parental language'', called the proto-language of that family. The term "family" reflects the tree model of language origination in h ...
proposed by Evans (1997) of
Australian languages spoken across northern
Arnhem Land.
(The name "
Arnhem languages
The Macro-Gunwinyguan languages, also called Arnhem or Gunwinyguan, are a family of Australian Aboriginal languages spoken across eastern Arnhem Land in northern Australia. Their relationship has been demonstrated through shared morphology ...
" is used by Green (2003) for what Evans calls "Ginwinyguan", and is only tangentially related to this proposal.)
The established language families included in this proposal are,
*
Burarran
*
Iwaidjan
*
Giimbiyu (†)
*
Gaagudju language (†)
*
Umbugarla language (†)
References
*McConvell, Patrick and Nicholas Evans. (eds.) 1997. ''Archaeology and Linguistics: Global Perspectives on Ancient Australia.'' Melbourne: Oxford University Press.
Non-Pama-Nyungan languages
Proposed language families
Indigenous Australian languages in the Northern Territory
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