Southwestern Paman languages

The Southwestern Paman languages are a family of the Paman languages spoken on the western part of the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia.

Alpher (1972) accepts Southwestern Pama as a valid node; the classification below is his. R. M. W. Dixon, on the other hand, only accepts a connections between pairs of languages: Yir, as two dialects of a single language, and Koko Bera with Kok Thawa.


 * Southwestern Paman
 * Upper Southwest Pama
 * Kuuk Thaayorre
 * Kuuk Yak
 * Kunjen (Oykangand)
 * Ogh-Undjan (Kawarrangg)
 * Coastal Southwest Pama
 * Yir-Yoront (Yirrk-Thangalkl)
 * Koko Pera
 * Koko-Bera
 * Kok Thawa
 * Kok Thawa

Bowern (2011) also lists the extinct Kokiny and Kok-Papángk.