Macro-Pama-Nyungan languages

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Macro-Pama-Nyungan are a recently proposed Australian language family that links the two largest language families in Australia, the Pama-Nyungan family, which covers seven-eighths of the continent, and Gunwinyguan, the principal family of Arnhem Land in northern Australia.

The traditionally accepted languages families included in this proposal are,

Gunwinyguan
Greater Pama-Nyungan
* Tankic
* Garawa
* Pama-Nyungan proper

In addition, it has been suggested that the Ngurmbur language isolate may belong to this group.

Reference

McConvell, Patrick and Nicholas Evans. (eds.) 1997. Archaeology and Linguistics: Global Perspectives on Ancient Australia. Melbourne: Oxford University Press

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