Macro-Pama-Nyungan is an umbrella term for a proposed Indigenous Australian language family, coined by linguist Nicholas Evans in his 1996 book Archaeology and Linguistics: Aboriginal Australia in Global Perspective, co-authored with Patrick McConvell. The term reflects Evans's theory that two of the largest Indigenous Australian language families share a common origin and should be classified together as a single family.
Facts
Disputed
Proto-Language StatusNo proto-language established; the classification is inconclusive and widely dissented 1 RegionAcross Australia, from Arnhem Land in the north to the southwest 1 In the Other Atlases
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Sources
1. Macro-Pama-Nyungan languages - Wikipedia
Geographic distribution
geographically spreads across the continent from Arnhem Land in Northern Australia to Southwestern Australia
Lead section
The different theories regarding Australian linguistic prehistory and Australian language family evolution are widely debated, therefore Macro-Pama-Nyungan is an inconclusive language family classification that is often dissented by linguists in the Aboriginal Australian language community.
View the SourceWikidata: Macro-Pama-Nyungan languages
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