Ngumpin–Yapa languages

The Ngumpin–Yapa a.k.a. Ngarrga–Ngumpin languages are a family of Pama–Nyungan languages of the Pilbara region of Australia.

• Ngumpin–Yapa
• Ngarrga languages (Yapa)
• Warlmanpa
• Warlpiri
• Ngumbin languages
• Walmajarri
• Djaru
• Gurindji
• Mudburra

Ngardi, once classified as either Ngarrga (2002) or Ngumpin (2004), has been reassigned to the Wati languages.

Vocabulary

Capell (1940) lists the following basic vocabulary items for the Ngumpin–Yapa languages:

References

• McConvell and Laughren (2004) "The Ngumpin–Yapa subgroup". In Claire Bowern & Harold Koch, Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company.