Home›Australian Language Families›Classification Status›EstablishedBrowse ByEstablishedFactsEstablishedSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEstimated Living LanguagesWell-attested250 1EstablishedFilter Results48 entriesMacro-areaAllLanguage Isolates and Uncertain Classification (2)Non-Pama-Nyungan: Daly and Kimberley (9)Non-Pama-Nyungan: Gunwinyguan and Arnhem Land (4)Non-Pama-Nyungan: Mirndi and Other Top End (9)Pama-Nyungan: Central and Desert (6)Pama-Nyungan: Eastern and Southeastern (9)Pama-Nyungan: Northern (Cape York) (4)Pama-Nyungan: Western (4)Tasmanian Languages (1)Parent Family (Classification Tree)AllPama-Nyungan (1)Speaker Count BandAll0 (4)1 to 570 (3)592 to 23,000 (1)RegionAllAustralia (41)New South Wales (2)Queensland (3)South Australia (1)Western Australia (3)Reconstructed AncestorAllReconstructed (1)Number of LanguagesAll2 (13)16 to 1,408 (4)3 to 5 (13)6 to 15 (11)In GroupAllLanguage Isolates and Uncertain Classification (2)Non-Pama-Nyungan: Daly and Kimberley (9)Non-Pama-Nyungan: Gunwinyguan and Arnhem Land (4)Non-Pama-Nyungan: Mirndi and Other Top End (9)Pama-Nyungan: Central and Desert (6)Pama-Nyungan: Eastern and Southeastern (9)Pama-Nyungan: Northern (Cape York) (4)Pama-Nyungan: Western (4)Tasmanian Languages (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 48Arandic languagesEstablishedBunabanEstablishedBunuban languagesEstablishedDrual languagesEstablishedDurubalic languagesEstablishedEastern DalyEstablishedGarawanEstablishedGarrwan languagesEstablishedGiimbiyuEstablishedGippsland languagesEstablishedGumbaynggiric languagesEstablishedGunwinyguanEstablishedIwaidjanEstablishedJarraganEstablishedKalkatungic languagesEstablishedKarnic languagesEstablishedKartu languagesEstablishedLimilngan-Wulna languagesEstablishedMacro-GunwinyguanEstablishedMangarrayi-Maran languagesEstablishedManingridaEstablishedMaric languagesEstablishedMarrku-WurruguEstablishedMarrngu languagesEstablishedMayabic languagesEstablishedMirndiEstablishedNgarna languagesEstablishedNgayarda languagesEstablishedNgumpin-Yapa languagesEstablishedNgurlun languagesEstablishedNorthern DalyEstablishedNyulnyulanEstablishedPaman languagesEstablishedPama-NyunganEstablishedSouthern Daly languagesEstablishedTangkicEstablishedThura-Yura languagesEstablishedWaka-Kabic languagesEstablishedWati languagesEstablishedWestern DalyEstablishedWestern TasmanianEstablishedWiradhuric languagesEstablishedWorrorranEstablishedYangmanic languagesEstablishedYidinyic languagesEstablishedYirram languagesEstablishedYugambeh-Bundjalung languagesEstablishedYuin-Kuric languagesEstablishedSources1. Wikipedia: Languages Of AustraliaWikimedia FoundationLead sectionQuote, Lead sectionOver 250 Australian Aboriginal languages are thought to have existed at the time of first European contact.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.