The North Cape York Paman languages are a subdivision of the

Paman languages The Paman languages are an Australian language family spoken on Cape York Peninsula, Queensland. First noted by Kenneth Hale, Paman is noteworthy for the profound phonological changes which have affected some of its descendants. Classificat ...

consisting of forty languages, all spoken on the

Cape York Peninsula The Cape York Peninsula is a peninsula located in Far North Queensland, Australia. It is the largest wilderness in northern Australia.Mittermeier, R.E. et al. (2002). Wilderness: Earth's last wild places. Mexico City: Agrupación Sierra Madre, ...

Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...

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. The languages are grouped largely according to R. M. W. Dixon. The only extant branches of this family are Umpila and the

Wik languages The Wik languages are a subdivision of the Paman languages consisting of sixteen languages, all spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia. This grouping was first proposed by R. M. W. Dixon. Each of the Kugu-Muminh dialects may ...

. The now-extinct Northern Paman branch was unique among Pama-Nyungan languages in containing fricatives. * North Cape York Paman ** Northern Paman *** Anguthimri **** Alngith **** Linngithigh *** Gudang (alt. Djagaraga) *** Uradhi **** Atampaya **** Yinwum **** Wuthati *** Luthigh ( Mpalityan) *** Awngthim *** Ndra'ngith *** Ngkoth *** Arritinngithigh *** Adithinngithigh *** Mbiywom *** Andjingith ** Umpila (= Northeastern Paman, several dialects) **

(Middle Paman) (See) Sutton (2001) also distinguishes a

Ndwa'ngith language Ndwa'ngith was apparently an Australian language once spoken in the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second ...

among Northern Paman.

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