Extinct branch of the Pama–Nyungan language family
Not to be confused with the Marran languages of the Gunwinyguan family, the Uralic Mari languages or with languages known as "Mari".
Maran
Ethnicity
Murri peoples
Geographic distribution
Coastal Queensland
Linguistic classification
Pama–Nyungan
Maran
Glottolog
mari1445(Maric) grea1282(Greater Maric)
Maric languages (green) among Pama–Nyungan (tan). The outlined solid area on the coast is Kingkel. The striped areas, which may be Maric, are Ngaro and Giya on the coast and Guwa and Yanda in the interior.
Maran or Maric is an extinct branch of the Pama–Nyungan family of Australian languages formerly spoken throughout much of Queensland by many of the Murri peoples.[1] The well attested Maric languages are clearly related; however, many languages of the area became extinct before much could be documented of them, and their classification is uncertain. The clear Maric languages are:
Maric
Bidyara (numerous varieties)
Biri (several varieties)
Warrungu (& Gugu-Badhun, Gudjal)
(Kingkel?): Darumbal
Dharumbal was added by Bowern (2011); it had been classified in the Kingkel branch of Waka–Kabic. It is not clear if the other Kingkel language, Bayali, is also Maric; Bayali and Darumbal are not close.
^RMW Dixon (2002), Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development, p xxxiii
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