Mayabic
Mayi
Geographic distribution	Queensland
Linguistic classification	Pama–Nyungan Mayabic
Language codes
Glottolog	maya1279
Mayabic languages (green) among other Pama–Nyungan (tan)

Mayabic, orMayi, is a small family of extinctAustralian Aboriginal languages ofQueensland. They were once classified asPaman, but now as a separate branch ofPama–Nyungan.^[1]

The languages are:

• Mayi-Kutuna,Mayi-Kulan (incl. Mayi-Thakurti, Mayi-Yapi),Ngawun (incl. Wunumara)

According to Dixon (2002), Wunumara may have been a dialect of Ngawun or of Mayi-Kulan, which may have been a single language.^[2] Bowern (2011 [2012]), however, lists all six of the above as separate languages.

• Paradisec has an open access collection ofGavan Breen'smaterials for Wunumara

• Breen, Gavan (1981).The Mayi languages of the Queensland Gulf Country. Canberra: AIAS. p. 13.ISBN 0-85575-124-X.

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