southeastern coast of the Gulf of Carpentaria, Wellesley Islands
Linguistic classification
Macro-Pama–Nyungan?
Greater Pama–Nyungan?
Tangkic
Subdivisions
Leerdil
Kayardild–Yukulta
?Minkin
Glottolog
tang1340
Garawa and Tangkic (green). Tangkic lies along the coast.
The Tangkic languages form a small language family of Australian Aboriginal languages spoken in northern Australia.
The Tangkic languages are Lardil (Leerdil) and its special register Damin, Kayardild, and Yukulta (also known as Ganggalida or Nyangga). Of these Lardil is quite divergent, while Yukulta and Kayardild are mutually intelligible.
The extinct and poorly attested Minkin language may have been part of the Tangkic family.[1]
^Bowern, Claire. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?", Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web, December 23, 2011 (corrected February 6, 2012)
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mainland. The languages are mutually intelligible, and tangka means "person" in all four languages). These languages were classified as Tangkic by Geoffrey...
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only used in the Kayardild and Lardil languages, two of the Tangkiclanguages of northern Australia. Language Diversity Endangered, p348, Matthias Brenzinger...
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Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Bowern, Claire. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken...
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