Maningrida, also known as Burarran, is a small family of four Australian Aboriginal languages spoken in northern Australia's Northern Territory: Guragone, Burarra, Ndjebbana and Nakkara, none of them closely related to one another. It is tentatively placed within a proposed wider Macro-Gunwinyguan grouping.
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Classification Confidence Reconstructed Ancestor RegionNorthern Australia (Arnhem Land) 2 Proto-Language StatusReconstructed: Proto-Maningrida tense-aspect-mood inflections reconstructed by Green 2 Compare
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Source Wikipedia: Maningrida LanguagesLead sentence 1tier 2Quote, Lead sentence 1
Maningrida, also known as Burarran, is a small family of Australian Aboriginal languages spoken in northern Australia.
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1. Glottolog: Maningrida (languoid record)
GlottologLanguoid record: child_language_count
"child_language_count": 4
Languoid record: level and category
"level": "family", "bookkeeping": false, "category": "Family"
View the Source 2. Wikipedia: Maningrida Languages
Wikimedia FoundationIntroduction, first sentence
Maningrida, also known as Burarran, is a small family of Australian Aboriginal languages spoken in northern Australia.
Introduction, final sentence
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.
Lead paragraph
It includes four languages, none closely related: Burarra Gurr-goni Ndjébbana Na'kara 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.
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Wikidata Q4383836, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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