Nyulnyulan languages

The Nyulnyulan languages are a small family of closely related Australian Aboriginal languages spoken in northern Western Australia. Most languages in this family are extinct, with only three extant languages, all of which are almost extinct.

Internal classification

The languages form two branches established on the basis of lexical and morphological innovation.Nyulnyulan

* Western or Nyulnyulic:
** Nyulnyul
** Bardi
** Jawi
** Djabirr-Djabirr
** Nimanburru
* Eastern or Dyukun:
** Yawuru
** Dyugun
** Warrwa
** Nyigina
** Ngumbarl

Vocabulary

Capell lists the following basic vocabulary items for the Nyulnyulan languages:

Lexical isoglosses

Some lexical isoglosses between Proto-Western Nyulnyulan and Proto-Eastern Nyulnyulan:

Proto-languages

Proto-Nyulnyulan

The following reconstruction of Proto-Nyulnyulan is from Stokes and McGregor :
;Abbreviations

WNN: Western Nyulnyulan
ENN: Eastern Nyulnyulan

Proto-Western Nyulnyulan

The following reconstruction of Proto-Western Nyulnyulan is from Stokes and McGregor :

Proto-Eastern Nyulnyulan

The following reconstruction of Proto-Eastern Nyulnyulan is from Stokes and McGregor :