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Maningrida languages

Maningrida, also known as Burarran, is a small family of Australian Aboriginal languages spoken in northern Australia. It includes four languages, none closely related:

Green established the family by reconstructing the tense–aspect–mood inflections of Proto-Maningrida, and demonstrated common developments that set them apart from other Arnhem languages.

Vocabulary

Capell (1942) lists the following basic vocabulary items for the Maningrida languages. Gunavidji and Bunarra are from Capell (1940).

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