Worrorran languages

Worrorran
Geographic; distribution:	northern Australia
Linguistic classification:	One of the world's primary language families
Subdivisions:	; Wunambal; Ungarinyin; Worrorra; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Glottolog:	worr1236
	Worrorran languages (purple), among other non-Pama-Nyungan languages (grey)

The Worrorran (Wororan) languages are a small family of Australian Aboriginal languages spoken in northern Australia.

The Worrorran languages fall into three dialect clusters:

Validity

There has been debate over whether the Worroorran languages are demonstrably related to one another, or constitute a geographical language group.

Dixon (2002) considers them to be language isolates with no demonstrable relationship other than that of a Sprachbund.

However, more recent literature differs from Dixon:

Rumsey and McGregor (2009) demonstrate the cohesiveness of the family and its reconstructibility, and;
Bowern (2011) accepts the Worroorran languages as a family.^[2]

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↑ Bowern, Claire. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?", Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web, December 23, 2011 (corrected February 6, 2012)

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Worrorran
Geographic distribution:	northern Australia
Linguistic classification:	One of the world's primary language families
Subdivisions:	Wunambal Ungarinyin Worrorra
Glottolog:	`worr1236`^[1]
Worrorran languages (purple), among other non-Pama-Nyungan languages (grey)