Thura-Yura languages

The Yura or Thura-Yura languages are a group of Australian Aboriginal languages surrounding Spencer Gulf and Gulf St Vincent in South Australia, that comprise a genetic language family of the Pama–Nyungan family.

Name
The name Yura comes from the word for "person" in the northern languages; this is a lenited form of the thura found in other languages, hence Thura-Yura. Similar words for "person" are found in languages outside the group, however (for example 'yura' - 'person' in the Sydney language).

Languages
The following classification is proposed by Bowern & Koch (2004):


 * Thura-Yura
 * Nangga
 * Wirangu
 * Nauo
 * Core Thura-Yura
 * Yura (northern)
 * Adnyamathanha–Kuyani
 * Barngarla
 * Kadli (southern)
 * Narangga
 * Kaurna
 * (unclassified)
 * Nukunu
 * Ngadjuri

A Nukunu speaker reported that the Nukunu could understand Barngarla and Kuyani, but not more distant varieties.

Peramangk may have been a southern Thura-Yura language, close to Kaurna.

Dixon (2002) lists a Nantuwara language, but there is no data for it.

Proto-language
Reconstructed Thura-Yura vocabulary by Simpson and Hercus (2004):


 * Spelling conventions
 * alveolar tap: r
 * alveolar trill: rr
 * retroflex glide: ṟ
 * retroflex tap: rd
 * indeterminate rhotic: R