The Marrngu languages are a branch of the
Pama–Nyungan language family
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of
Australia
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.
There are four members of the family, which all originated in
Western Australia
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.
*Marrngu
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Mangala (Mangarla)
**Marrngu proper
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Karajarri
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(Garadjari)
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Nyangumarta (Njangumarta)
Vocabulary
Capell
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Capell
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* Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex (1631–1683), English statesman
* Arthur Capell (1902–1 ...
(1940) lists the following basic vocabulary items for the Marrngu languages:
[Capell, Arthur. 1940]
The Classification of Languages in North and North-West Australia
''Oceania'' 10(3): 241-272, 404-433.
:
References
{{Australian Aboriginal languages