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Southwest Pama
Southwest Pama
Geographic; distribution	Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Linguistic classification	Pama–Nyungan Paman Southwest Pama; ;
Subdivisions	Upper; Coastal;
Language codes
Glottolog	sout3141
	Southwestern Paman languages (green) among other Pama–Nyungan (tan)

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

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

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

References

^ Alpher, Barry (1972). "On the genetic subgrouping of the languages of southwestern Cape York Peninsula, Australia". Oceanic Linguistics. 11 (2): 67–87. doi:10.2307/3622803. JSTOR 3622803.
^ Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. p. xxxii.