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| Kingkel | |
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| Rockhampton–Gladstone | |
| Geographic distribution | Queensland |
| Linguistic classification | Pama–Nyungan
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| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | rock1234 |
Kingkel is a putative small branch of thePama–Nyungan family inQueensland, consisting of:
The two languages are not close.
Bowern (2011) reclassified Darumbal as aMaric language, but did not address Bayali. Bouckaert, Bower, and Atkinson (2018), based on more data and languages of the region, classify Darumbal as a sister ofMbabaram (and therefore related to Maric languages, though as the first to branch off within that group). Bayali is grouped with theWaka-Kabi languages to the south.
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