Eastern Daly languages
The Eastern Daly languages are an extinct family of Australian aboriginal languages that are fairly closely related, at 50% cognate. They were:
- Eastern Daly
- Matngele
- Kamu
| Eastern Daly | |
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| Geographic distribution | Daly River region, northern Australia |
| Linguistic classification | Macro-Gunwinyguan ?
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| Glottolog | east2374 |
The Daly languages (color), among the other non-Pama-Nyungan languages (grey) | |
Eastern Daly | |
These languages had elements of verbal structure that suggest they may be related to the Macro-Gunwinyguan languages. All are now extinct.
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