Home›Australian Language Families›In GroupBrowse ByIn GroupIn group places a language family inside the smaller branch it belongs to. Wikipedia notes Indo-European has "eight are still spoken: four by hundreds of millions of native speakers each (Indo-Iranian, Italic, Germanic, and Balto-Slavic), and four by fewer than fifteen million." This dimension nests a family inside the specific branch it sits within.FactsIn GroupSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEstimated Living LanguagesWell-attested250 1In GroupFilter Results10 entriesMacro-areaAllAustralian Sign Languages (1)Language Isolates and Uncertain Classification (1)Non-Pama-Nyungan: Daly and Kimberley (1)Non-Pama-Nyungan: Gunwinyguan and Arnhem Land (1)Non-Pama-Nyungan: Mirndi and Other Top End (1)Pama-Nyungan: Central and Desert (1)Pama-Nyungan: Eastern and Southeastern (1)Pama-Nyungan: Northern (Cape York) (1)Pama-Nyungan: Western (1)Tasmanian Languages (1)Parent Family (Classification Tree)AllPama-Nyungan (1)Speaker Count BandAll0 (8)1 to 570 (7)24,600 to 795,000 (1)592 to 23,000 (8)RegionAllAustralia (10)New South Wales (2)Queensland (4)South Australia (1)Victoria (Australia) (1)Western Australia (3)Reconstructed AncestorAllReconstructed (1)Classification StatusAllEstablished (8)Number of LanguagesAll1 (9)2 (5)16 to 1,408 (4)3 to 5 (8)6 to 15 (5)Estimated Living LanguagesAll0 (1)Primary RegionAllTasmania (1)Show ResultsAustralian Sign LanguagesIn Group1 entryLanguage Isolates and Uncertain ClassificationIn Group7 entriesNon-Pama-Nyungan: Daly and KimberleyIn Group18 entriesNon-Pama-Nyungan: Gunwinyguan and Arnhem LandIn Group18 entriesNon-Pama-Nyungan: Mirndi and Other Top EndIn Group20 entriesPama-Nyungan: Central and DesertIn Group22 entriesPama-Nyungan: Eastern and SoutheasternIn Group22 entriesPama-Nyungan: Northern (Cape York)In Group17 entriesPama-Nyungan: WesternIn Group33 entriesTasmanian LanguagesIn Group6 entriesSources1. 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.