Pama-Nyungan

专有名词
中文释义
英 /ˌpʌməˈnjʊŋən/|/ˌpaməˈnjʊŋən/    美 /ˌpamə-ˈnjʊŋən/

英文释义

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

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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