Mayabic, or Mayi, is a small family of extinct
Australian Aboriginal languages
The Indigenous languages of Australia number in the hundreds, the precise number being quite uncertain, although there is a range of estimates from a minimum of around 250 (using the technical definition of 'language' as non-mutually intellig ...
of
Queensland
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. They were once classified as
Paman, but now as a separate branch of
Pama–Nyungan.
The languages are:
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Mayi-Kutuna
The Mayi-Kutuna, also spelt Mayaguduna and Maikudunu, are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Cape York Peninsula in the state of Queensland, whose language has become extinct.
Country
In Norman Tindale
Norman Barnett Tindale AO (12 Oc ...
,
Mayi-Kulan (incl. Mayi-Thakurti, Mayi-Yapi),
Ngawun (incl. Wunumara)
According to Dixon (2002), Wunumara may have been a dialect of Ngawun or of Mayi-Kulan, which may have been a single language.
[Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). ''Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development.'' Cambridge University Press.] Bowern (2011
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, however, lists all six of the above as separate languages.
External links
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Paradisec has an open access collection of
Gavan Breen
Gavan Breen (22 January 1935 – 5 October 2023) , also known as J. G. Breen, was an Australian linguist, specialising in the description of Australian Aboriginal languages. He studied and recorded 49 such languages.
Early life and education
Bre ...
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materials for Wunumara
References
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Extinct languages of Queensland
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