Pama-Nyungan

短语

n. 帕马—尼荣根语族(澳大利亚土著使用的一组语言中最大的语族) adj. 帕马—尼荣根语族的

发音

AU /ˌpamə-ˈnjʊŋən/
其它
UK /ˌpʌməˈnjʊŋən/
UK /ˌpaməˈnjʊŋən/

释义与例句

name
  1. 1.

    A proposed language family encompassing most Australian Aboriginal languages, including Pitjantjatjara and Warlpiri, but excluding those spoken in the northwest.

    语言学

词源

From pama (“man, person”) (in several northeast Australian Aboriginal languages) + nyungaa (“man, person”) (in several southwestern Australian Aboriginal languages) + -an. Apparently coined by American linguist Kenneth L. Hale (1934-2001), to show the vast geographical extent of the family.

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