Langenesis

Pama-Nyungan family

Proto-Pama-Nyungan

c. 4,000 BCE – 3,000 BCE Reconstructed

Proto-Pama-Nyungan (c. 4,000 BCE – 3,000 BCE) is the reconstructed ancestor of the Pama-Nyungan language family, with 6 descendant languages and stages on the map.

See Proto-Pama-Nyungan on the interactive map

Ancestor of the largest Australian family, covering ~90% of the continent. Bouckaert et al. (2018) place its origin in the Gulf Plains ~6000 years ago; its relation to non-Pama-Nyungan families is unresolved.

Descendants 6

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