Doctor of Philosophy / Anindilyakwa is the language spoken by over 1,000 Warnindilyakwa Aborigines on Groote Eylandt, Northern Territory. In the Australian language families, it is placed in the Groote Eylandt Family (Oates 1970:15) or the Andilyaugwan Family (Wurm 1972:117). As Yallop (1982:40) reports, Anindilyakwa and Nunggubuyu "are similiar in grammar and possibly share the distinction of being the most gramatically complex Australian languages. They are diverse in basic vocabularly, however, and are therefore allocated to separate families".
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/283301 |
Date | January 1989 |
Creators | Leeding, Velma J |
Publisher | University of Sydney., Department of Anthropology |
Source Sets | Australiasian Digital Theses Program |
Language | en_AU |
Detected Language | English |
Rights | The author retains copyright of this thesis., http://www.library.usyd.edu.au/copyright.html |
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