Southwestern Paman languages

The Southwestern Paman languages are a family of the Paman languages spoken on the western part of the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia.

Southwest Pama
Geographic distribution	Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Linguistic classification	Pama–Nyungan Paman Southwest Pama
Subdivisions	Upper Coastal
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	sout3141
Southwestern Paman languages (green) among other Pama–Nyungan (tan)

Alpher (1972) accepts Southwestern Pama as a valid node; the classification below is his.^[1] R. M. W. Dixon, on the other hand, only accepts a connections between pairs of languages: Yir, as two dialects of a single language, and Koko Bera with Kok Thawa.^[2]

• Southwestern Paman
  • Upper Southwest Pama
    • Kuuk Thaayorre
    • Kuuk Yak
    • • Kunjen (Oykangand)
      • Ogh-Undjan (Kawarrangg)
  • Coastal Southwest Pama
    • Yir-Yoront (Yirrk-Thangalkl)
    • Koko Pera
      • Koko-Bera
      • Kok Thawa

Bowern (2011) also lists the extinct Kokiny and Kok-Papángk.

References

1. Alpher, Barry (1972). "On the genetic subgrouping of the languages of southwestern Cape York Peninsula, Australia". Oceanic Linguistics. 11 (2): 67–87. doi:10.2307/3622803. JSTOR 3622803.
2. Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. p. xxxii.