Worrorran languages
The Worrorran languages are a small family of Australian Aboriginal languages spoken in northern Western Australia.
The Worrorran languages fall into three dialect clusters:Worrorran
- * the Northern Worrorran group, known as Wunambal and related dialects
- * the Eastern Worrorran group, known as Ngarinyin, Ungarinyin, and related dialects
- * the Western Worrorran group, known as Worrorra, and related dialects
Validity
file:Worrorran_languages.png|thumb|left| Worrorran languages, among other non-Pama-Nyungan languagesThere has been debate over whether the Worrorran languages are demonstrably related to one another, or constitute a geographical language group.
Dixon considers them to be language isolates with no demonstrable relationship other than that of a Sprachbund.
However, more recent literature differs from Dixon:
- Rumsey and McGregor demonstrate the cohesiveness of the family and its reconstructibility, and;
- Bowern accepts the Worroorran languages as a family.