The Mirning or Mirniny languages are a pair of
Pama–Nyungan languages
The Pama–Nyungan languages () are the most widespread language family, family of Australian Aboriginal languages, containing 306 out of 400 Aboriginal languages in Australia. The name "Pama–Nyungan" is a merism: it is derived from the two e ...
of the
Nullarbor Coast
The Nullarbor Plain ( ; Latin: feminine of 'no' and 'tree') is part of the area of flat, almost treeless, arid or semi-arid country of southern Australia, located on the Great Australian Bight coast with the Great Victoria Desert to its no ...
of Australia.
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Mirning
The Mirning, also known as the Ngandatha, are an Aboriginal Australian people whose traditional lands lay on the coastal region of the Great Australian Bight extending from Western Australia into south-west South Australia.
Name
''Mirniŋ'' was ...
(Mirniny)
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Ngadjumaya (Ngatjumaya)
Galaagu (Kalarko) and
Kalaamaya, once classified with Mirning as part of a
Kalarko-Mirniny family,
are now considered closer to
Nyungar
The Noongar (, also spelt Noongah, Nyungar , Nyoongar, Nyoongah, Nyungah, Nyugah, and Yunga ) are Aboriginal Australian people who live in the south-west corner of Western Australia, from Geraldton on the west coast to Esperance on the sou ...
.
References
{{Australian Aboriginal languages
Southwest Pama–Nyungan languages