Southwestern Paman languages (green) among other Pama–Nyungan (tan)
The Southwestern Paman languages are a family of the Paman languages spoken on the western part of the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia.
Alpher (1972) accepts Southwestern Pama as a valid node; the classification below is his.[1] R. M. W. Dixon, on the other hand, only accepts a connections between pairs of languages: Yir, as two dialects of a single language, and Koko Bera with Kok Thawa.[2]
Southwestern Paman
Upper Southwest Pama
Kuuk Thaayorre
Kuuk Yak
Kunjen (Oykangand)
Ogh-Undjan (Kawarrangg)
Coastal Southwest Pama
Yir-Yoront (Yirrk-Thangalkl)
Koko Pera
Koko-Bera
Kok Thawa
Bowern (2011) also lists the extinct Kokiny and Kok-Papángk.
^Alpher, Barry (1972). "On the genetic subgrouping of the languages of southwestern Cape York Peninsula, Australia". Oceanic Linguistics. 11 (2): 67–87. doi:10.2307/3622803. JSTOR 3622803.
^Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. p. xxxii.
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