Nyungic languages

The Nyungic languages are the south-westernmost of the Australian Aboriginal languages:^[1]

• Nyungic
  • Noongar language
  • Galaagu language (Kalarko, Malpa)
  • Kalaamaya–Natingero

Nyungic
(reduced)
Geographic distribution	South West (Western Australia)
Linguistic classification	Pama–Nyungan Southwest Nyungic
Subdivisions	Noongar Galaagu ?Kalaamaya
Language codes
Glottolog	None
Nyungic languages (green) among other Pama–Nyungan (tan). Classification of Bowern (2011). Noongar is the section in the southwest.

Galaagu and Kalaamaya/Natingero are poorly attested; it is not clear how close they are to each other or to Noongar, and Kalaamaya may have been a variety of Noongar proper. A variety called Njakinjaki (Nyaki Nyaki) has been variously said to be a dialect of Noongar or of Kalaamaya.^[2]

The term Nyungic has been used for the bulk of the Southwest Pama–Nyungan languages (see). However, that is a geographical group, not a demonstrable family. Bowern restricts both terms to Noongar plus Galaagu, which is poorly attested and had been misclassified as one of the Mirning languages.