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What does Pama-Nyungan mean?

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  1. A proposed language family encompassing most Australian Aboriginal languages, including Pitjantjatjara and Warlpiri, but excluding those spoken in the northwest. [from 1960s]
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In fact, many of the words for which Gerritsen suggests Dutch ancestry are reflexes of the most basic Pama-Nyungan vocabulary.
Was there a major expansion of Pama-Nyungan speakers, probably around five millennia ago, at the expense of other languages previously spoken in the area?
The Pama-Nyungan family was identified and named by Kenneth Hale, in his work on the classification of Native Australian languages.
The Kamilaroi language, which is no longer spoken, is classified in the Pama-Nyungan Family of Australian languages.
Bilinarra is a Pama-Nyungan language in the Ngumpin subgroup of the Victoria River District.
The other three tribes speak languages belonging to the Nyungic group of Pama-Nyungan.

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