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Maningrida

Australian Language Families

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.

Facts
Region
Northern Australia (Arnhem Land) 1
Proto-Language Status
Reconstructed: Proto-Maningrida tense-aspect-mood inflections reconstructed by Green 1
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Maningrida Languages
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  • Introduction, 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.
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