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North Cape York Paman languages

Subdivision of the Paman languages From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

North Cape York Paman languages
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The North Cape York Paman languages are a subdivision of the Paman languages consisting of forty languages, all spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia. The languages are grouped largely according to R. M. W. Dixon.[1] The only extant branches of this family are Umpila and the Wik languages. The now-extinct Northern Paman branch was unique among Pama-Nyungan languages in containing fricatives.

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Sutton (2001) also distinguishes a Ndwa'ngith language among Northern Paman.

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