Karnic languages

Karnic
Geographic
distribution
Australia
Linguistic classificationPama–Nyungan
  • Karnic
Subdivisions
  • Arabana
  • Palku
  • Karna
  • Ngura (partial)
Language codes
Glottologkarn1253
Karnic languages (green) among other Pama–Nyungan (tan). The four solid-green sections are Arabana (west), Palku (north), Karna (central strip), Ngura (east). The striped area to the east is Kungkari and Birria, which may have been Karnic.

The Karnic languages are a group of languages of the Pama–Nyungan family. According to Dixon (2002), these are three separate families, but Bowern (2001) establishes regular paradigmatic connections among many of the languages, demonstrating them as a genealogical group. Bowern classifies them as follows: