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Dyirbalic
Herbert River
Geographic
distribution
Queensland
Linguistic classificationPama–Nyungan
  • Dyirbalic
Subdivisions
  • Dyirbalic proper
  • Nyawaygic
  • ?Yuru
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottologherb1234
Dyirbalic languages (green) among other Pama–Nyungan (tan)

The Dyirbalic languages are a group of languages forming a branch of the Pama–Nyungan family. They are:

At least one of the Lower Burdekin languages, Yuru, may belong to the Nyawaygic branch.[1]

References

  1. ^ Bowern, Claire. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?", Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web, December 23, 2011 (corrected February 6, 2012)