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Central New South Wales languages

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Central New South Wales
(geographic)
Geographic
distribution
New South Wales
Linguistic classificationPama–Nyungan
  • Central New South Wales
Subdivisions
Language codes
GlottologNone

The Central New South Wales languages (Central NSW) are a largely geographic grouping of Australian Aboriginal languages within the traditional Pama–Nyungan family, partially overlapping the Kuri subgroup of the Yuin–Kuric languages.

The languages most often included are:

Bowern and Atkinson use the term Central NSW to group the Wiradhuric languages with Muruwaric.[1] Elsewhere it is known as Central Inland NSW.

References

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  • Bowern, Claire & Atkinson, Quentin (2012). "Computational phylogenetics and the internal structure of Pama-Nyungan". Language. 88 (4): 817–845. doi:10.1353/lan.2012.0081. hdl:1885/61360. S2CID 4375648.
  • Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge University Press.