| Kanyara | |
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| Geographic distribution | Western Australia |
| Linguistic classification | Pama–Nyungan
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| Subdivisions | |
| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | kany1246 |
 Kanyara languages (green) among other Pama–Nyungan (tan). | |
TheKanyara languages are a pair of closely related languages in the southernPilbara region ofWestern Australia.
According toDixon, languages classified as members of the Kanyara languages group are (with the varieties in parentheses sometimes considered separate languages):[1]
However, according toPeter Austin,Binigura/Pinikura, Thalanyji,Payungu and Purdana (all classified as separate languages inAUSTLANG[2]) "should probably be classified as belonging to the Kanyara subgroup".[3]
The languages are spoken in the region between the mouths of theGascoyne River and theAshburton River, along the coast and extending inland.
The namekanyara comes from the word for "man" in Burdana and Thalanyji. The Kanyara languages form a branch of thePama–Nyungan family. The Kanyara group was first proposed by Austin based on lexical, morphological and syntactic criteria.[4]
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