Maningrida languages

Maningrida
Burarran
Geographic
distribution
Northern Territory
Linguistic classificationMacro-Gunwinyguan?
  • Maningrida
Subdivisions
Glottologmani1293  (Maningrida)
Maningrida languages (purple), among other non-Pama-Nyungan languages (grey)

Maningrida, also known as Burarran, is a small family of Australian Aboriginal languages spoken in northern Australia. It includes four languages, none closely related:

Green established the family by reconstructing the tense–aspect–mood inflections of Proto-Maningrida, and demonstrated common developments that set them apart from other Arnhem languages.[1][2]

  1. ^ Green 2003, pp. 369–424.
  2. ^ Koch 2004, p. 44.

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