Ngumpin languages are a small language family of Australia, consisting of (from west to east):
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Walmajarri
The Walmadjari (Walmajarri) people, also known as Tjiwaling and Wanaseka, are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Kimberley region of Western Australia.
Name
The two names reflect different Walmadjari preferences. Their western bands accept ...
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Djaru
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Gurindji (Gurindji proper,
Bilinarra
The Bilinarra, also spelt Bilingara and Bilinara, are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Northern Territory.
Language
The Bilinarra language is classified as an eastern variety of one of the Pama-Nyungan Ngumbin languages. It is mutually ...
, Wanyjirra, Malngin, Ngarinyman)
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Mudburra
The Mudburra, also spelt Mudbara and other variants, are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Northern Territory.
Language
Mudburra is one of the far eastern forms of the Pama-Nyungan Ngumbin languages.
Country
The Mudburra people live i ...
In 2004 it was demonstrated that Ngumpin is related to the neighbouring
Ngarrkic languages
The Ngarrkic (Ngarrga) or Yapa languages are a small language family of Central Australia, consisting of the two closely related languages Warlmanpa
The Warlmanpa are an indigenous Australian people of the Northern Territory.
Name and people
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.
See also
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Ngumpit, a name used by the
Gurindji,
Malngin,
Bilinara
The Bilinarra, also spelt Bilingara and Bilinara, are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Northern Territory.
Language
The Bilinarra language is classified as an eastern variety of one of the Pama-Nyungan Ngumbin languages. It is mutually ...
,
Mudburra
The Mudburra, also spelt Mudbara and other variants, are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Northern Territory.
Language
Mudburra is one of the far eastern forms of the Pama-Nyungan Ngumbin languages.
Country
The Mudburra people live i ...
and
Ngarinyman
The Ngarinman or Ngarinyman people are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Northern Territory who spoke the Ngarinyman language.
Country
According to an estimate made by Norman Tindale, the Ngarinman held some of territory. Their central do ...
peoples to refer to themselves as a group
Footnotes
References
*McConvell and Laughren (2004) "The Ngumpin–Yapa subgroup". In Claire Bowern & Harold Koch, ''Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method.'' Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company.
Indigenous Australian languages in Western Australia
Indigenous Australian languages in the Northern Territory
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