Lower Murray languages: Difference between revisions

Lower Murray
Lower Murray
Ngarinyeric-Yithayithic
Geographic; distribution	Australia
Linguistic classification	Pama–Nyungan Southeastern Victorian Lower Murray; ; ;
Subdivisions	Yaralde; Ngayawung (†); Yuyu (†); Keramin (†); Yitha-Yitha moribund;
Glottolog	lowe1401
	Lower Murray languages (green) among other Pama–Nyungan (tan)

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The Lower Murray languages form a branch of the Pama–Nyungan family. They are:^[1]

Lower Murray
- Ngarinyeri (Yaralde, Yaraldi, Ngarrindjeri, Ramindjeri)
- Ngayawung (Ngayawang) †
- Yuyu (Ngintait, Ngarkat) †
- Keramin †
- Yitha-Yitha moribund

Dixon treats these as isolates, either because they are not close or are too poorly attested to demonstrate they are close. Bowern (2011) adds Peramangk.

References

^ Bowern, Claire. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?", Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web, December 23, 2011 (corrected February 6, 2012)

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[1] Bowern, Claire. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?", Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web, December 23, 2011 (corrected February 6, 2012)

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+{{Short description|Family of Pama–Nyungan indigenous Australian languages}}
+{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
 {{Infobox language family
   |name=Lower Murray
+  |altname=Ngarinyeric-Yithayithic
   |region=Australia
   |familycolor=Australian
   |fam1=[[Pama–Nyungan languages|Pama–Nyungan]]
+|fam2=Southeastern
-  |child1=[[Yaralde language|Yaralde]]?
+|fam3=Victorian
-  |child2=[[Ngayawung language|Ngayawung]]?
-  |child3=[[Yuyu language|Yuyu]]?
+  |child1=[[Yaralde language|Yaralde]]
-  |child4=[[Keramin language|Keramin]]?
+  |child2=[[Ngayawung language|Ngayawung]] (†)
-  |child5=[[Yitha-Yitha language|Yitha-Yitha]]?
+  |child3=[[Yuyu language|Yuyu]] (†)
+  |child4=[[Keramin language|Keramin]] (†)
+  |child5=[[Yitha-Yitha language|Yitha-Yitha]] ''moribund''
+  |glotto=lowe1401
+|glottorefname=Lower Murray
+  |map=Lower Murray languages.png
+  |mapcaption=Lower Murray languages (green) among other Pama–Nyungan (tan)
 }}
-The '''Lower Murray languages''' are a possible geographic group of languages of the [[Pama–Nyungan languages|Pama–Nyungan family]]. According to Dixon (2002), these five languages constitute five separate branches. They are:
+The '''Lower Murray languages''' form a branch of the [[Pama–Nyungan languages|Pama–Nyungan family]]. They are:<ref>Bowern, Claire. 2011. "[http://anggarrgoon.wordpress.com/2011/12/23/how-many-languages-were-spoken-in-australia/ How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?]", ''Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web'', December 23, 2011 ([http://pamanyungan.sites.yale.edu/master-list-australian-languages-v12 corrected] February 6, 2012)</ref>
-*[[Yaralde language|Yaralde]]
-*[[Ngayawung language|Ngayawung]]
+{{tree list}}
-*[[Yuyu language|Yuyu]]
+*'''Lower Murray'''
-*[[Keramin language|Keramin]]
+**[[Ngarinyeri language|Ngarinyeri]] ([[Jarildekald people|Yaralde]], Yaraldi, Ngarrindjeri, Ramindjeri)
-*[[Yitha-Yitha language|Yitha-Yitha]]
+**[[Ngayawung language|Ngayawung]] (Ngayawang) {{extinct}}
+**[[Yuyu language|Yuyu]] (Ngintait, Ngarkat) {{extinct}}
+**[[Keramin language|Keramin]] {{extinct}}
+**[[Yitha-Yitha language|Yitha-Yitha]] ''moribund''
+{{tree list/end}}
+Dixon treats these as isolates, either because they are not close or are too poorly attested to demonstrate they are close. Bowern (2011) adds [[Peramangk language|Peramangk]].
 ==References==
+{{reflist}}
-*Dixon, R. M. W. 2002. ''Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development.'' Cambridge University Press
+{{Aboriginal South Australians}}
+{{Pama–Nyungan languages|South}}
+{{Australian Aboriginal languages}}
-[[Category:Pama–Nyungan languages]]
+[[Category:Lower Murray languages| ]]