Southwestern Paman languages explained

Southwest Pama
Region:	Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Familycolor:	Australian
Fam1:	Pama–Nyungan
Fam2:	Paman
Child1:	Upper
Child2:	Coastal
Glotto:	sout3141
Glottorefname:	Southwest Pama
Map:	Southwestern Paman languages.png
Mapcaption:	Southwestern Paman languages (green) among other Pama–Nyungan (tan)

The Southwestern Paman languages are a family of the Paman languages spoken on the western part of the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia.

Alpher (1972) accepts Southwestern Pama as a valid node; the classification below is his.^[1] R. M. W. Dixon, on the other hand, only accepts a connections between pairs of languages: Yir, as two dialects of a single language, and Koko Bera with Kok Thawa.^[2]

• Southwestern Paman
  • Upper Southwest Pama
    • Kuuk Thaayorre
    • Kuuk Yak
      • • • • Kunjen (Oykangand)
      • Ogh-Undjan (Kawarrangg)
  • Coastal Southwest Pama
    • Yir-Yoront (Yirrk-Thangalkl)
    • Koko Pera
      • Koko-Bera
      • Kok Thawa

Bowern (2011) also lists the extinct Kokiny and Kok-Papángk.

Notes and References

1. Alpher . Barry . Barry Alpher . 1972 . On the genetic subgrouping of the languages of southwestern Cape York Peninsula, Australia . Oceanic Linguistics . 11 . 2 . 67–87 . 10.2307/3622803. 3622803 .
2. Book: Dixon, R. M. W. . R. M. W. Dixon . 2002 . Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development . xxxii.