Tangkic languages

Tangkic
Geographic; distribution	southeastern coast of the Gulf of Carpentaria, Wellesley Islands
Linguistic classification	Macro-Pama–Nyungan? Greater Pama–Nyungan? Tangkic; ;
Subdivisions	Leerdil; Kayardild–Yukulta; ?Minkin;
Glottolog	tang1340[1]
	Garawa and Tangkic (green). Tangkic lies along the coast.

The Tangkic languages form a small language family of Australian Aboriginal languages spoken in northern Australia.

The Tangkic languages are Lardil (Leerdil) and its special register Damin, Kayardild, and Yukulta (also known as Ganggalida or Nyangga). Of these Lardil is quite divergent, while Yukulta and Kayardild are mutually intelligible.

The extinct and poorly attested Minkin language may have been part of the Tangkic family.[2]

References

Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Tangkic". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
Bowern, Claire. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?", Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web, December 23, 2011 (corrected February 6, 2012)

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[Glottolog-1] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Tangkic". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

[2] Bowern, Claire. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?", Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web, December 23, 2011 (corrected February 6, 2012)