The Worrorran, or Wororan, languages are a small family of Australian Aboriginal languages spoken in the northern Kimberley region of Western Australia, west of Wyndham, and counted among the world's primary language families. Its main members are Wunambal in the north, Ngarinyin in the east and Worrorra in the west, with the unattested Gulunggulu presumed to belong to the same group.
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RegionNorthern Western Australia (Kimberley region) 1 Proto-Language StatusDisputed as a genetic family: Dixon (2002) treats the members as isolates linked only by a Sprachbund, while Rumsey and McGregor (2009) and Bowern (2011) accept the family and its reconstructibility 1 Sources
1. Wikipedia: Worrorran Languages
WikipediaWikipedia: Worrorran languages, opening paragraph
The Worrorran (Wororan) languages are a small family of Australian Aboriginal languages spoken in northern Western Australia.
Wikipedia: Worrorran languages, Validity section
Dixon (2002) considers them to be language isolates with no demonstrable relationship other than that of a Sprachbund.
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