| Cahuilla |
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| Cupeño |
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| Luiseño |
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| Serrano |
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| Kitanemuk |
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| Kawaiisu |
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| Timbisha |
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| Western Mono |
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| Chemehuevi |
no |
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| Southern Paiute |
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| Southern Ute |
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| Shoshone |
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| Comanche |
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| Idaho Shoshone |
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| Northern Paiute |
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| Gabrielino |
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| Achagua |
n/a |
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Wilson & Levinsohn 1992: 91 |
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| Resígaro |
no |
Not discussed in the formulation of the verb at various levels. |
Allin, 1976: 105, 124, 204, 212 |
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| Bare |
n/a |
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Aikhenvald, 1995 |
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| Piapoco |
no |
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Galindo, 2002: 156-178, 299-321 |
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| Yukuna |
no |
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Shauer & Shauer, 1978: p. 42 |
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| Yavitero |
no |
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Mosonyi, 1987: p. 63-69 |
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| Wapishana |
no |
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Santos 2006 |
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| Wayuu |
no |
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Mansen & Captain, 2000: p. 800 |
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| Tariana |
yes |
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Aikhenvald, 2003: 289 |
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| Apurinã |
no |
Not discussed among verbal morphology or "bound formatives" (clitics). |
Facundes, 2000: 305-327, 379-410 |
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| Asheninka Apurucayali |
no |
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Payne 1981; Payne 1982; Payne 1983 |
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| Maipure |
no info |
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Zamponi 2003:37-47 |
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| Yanesha' |
no |
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Duff-Tripp 1997:120-4 |
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| Kinikinau |
no info |
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| Baure |
no info |
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Danielsen 2007 |
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| Nanti |
no |
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Michael, 2008. p. 323-326 |
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| Paresi |
no info |
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Rowan 1978, Rowan and Burgess 1979, Brandão 2010 |
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| Palikur |
no info |
no information on evidentials |
Launey 2003 |
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| Yine |
no |
list of affixes does not mention evidentials |
Matteson 1965:71-80 |
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| Añun |
no info |
no discussion of evidentiality |
Patte 1989 |
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| Bora |
no |
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Seifart - 2005 |
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| Makiritare |
no |
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Hall 1988; Escoriaza 1959:15-18 |
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No description of evidentials given in source |
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| Makushi |
no |
Use of various verbs convey this. |
Carson 1982; Abbott 1991 |
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| Eñepa |
no |
There is an evidential which indicates first-hand information (called "direct" in the source) opposed to inferred information (called "indirect" in the source). There is no a specific evidential for visual information. Evidential distinctions are fused in |
Mattei-Muller 2002:154-156 |
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| Pemon |
no info |
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de Armellada 1999 |
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| Guna |
no |
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Smith texts |
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| Naso |
no |
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Quesada 2000 |
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| Ika |
yes |
This is a verbal suffix or it can also be attached to the auxiliary verb |
Frank 1990:77 |
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| Kogi |
no info |
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| Cabecar |
no info |
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| Guaymí |
no info |
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| Damana |
no |
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| Sikuani |
no |
no evidence of evidentials |
Queixalós 1998, 2000 |
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| Macaguan |
no info |
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Buenaventura - 1993 |
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| Aguaruna |
no |
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Overall 2007:471, 549 |
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| Northern Emberá |
no |
But information that is believed to be true or certain by the speaker takes the verbal suffix /-a/ |
Mortensen 1999:86 |
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Catío |
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| Waorani |
no info |
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| Ingá |
yes |
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Levinson 1978:25 |
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| Matses |
no |
But direct experience is coded in the evidetial system |
Fleck:394-405 |
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| Mapudungun |
no |
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Zúñiga 2006, p. 155-9 |
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| Páez |
yes |
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Jung:75-6 |
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| Quechua Ayacuchano |
no |
However, there is a clitic /=mi/ which expresses that the speaker is commited to the truth of his/her statement |
Parker 1965:88-97 |
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| Tikuna |
no info |
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| Urarina |
yes |
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Olawsky:496 |
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| Waunana |
no info |
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| Andoke |
no info |
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| Puinave |
yes |
expresses visual evidence with surprise; can be used as a free morpheme; can appear bound to pronouns, nouns, and verbs |
Giron 2008: p281 |
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| Central Aymara |
no |
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Levin 2004: 7 |
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Aymara does not seem to distinguish between visual and non-visual experience of an event. |
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| Kakua |
no |
visually acquired info is not marked. Plain form of sentence |
Bolaños fieldnotes |
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| Kaingang |
no info |
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Silva 2011/Goncalves 2011 |
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| Minica Witoto |
no |
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Minor and Minor 1982. p.94 |
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This indication is not affixed to verb but covered using demonstrative pronouns. |
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| Hup |
no |
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Epps 2008 |
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| Nadëb/Roçado dialect |
no |
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Weir 1984 |
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| Dâw |
no |
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Martins 2004 |
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| Desano |
yes |
The visual evidential lets the hearer know that the speaker himself experienced the event or was a witness to it. It is used also to express truths or states that the speaker can attest to from his experience. |
Miller 1999, p. 65 |
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The verb kari- with the visual evidential indicates that the speaker obtained his information from senses other than the visual. (the verb can occur alone but most often occurs with other verbs) |
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| Cubeo |
no |
The witnessed evidential indicates that the speaker's knowledge of the action comes from his sense perception(s), e.g. sight, hearing, etc. |
Morse & Maxwell 1999, p. 32 |
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no distinction made for visual (separate from other senses) |
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| Kotiria |
yes |
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Stenzel 2004, p. 345 |
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| Makuna |
yes |
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Smothermon & Smothermon 1993, p.47 |
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Evidential categories including witnessed, heard, inferred, reporting, conjecture, and future. |
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| Koreguaje |
no |
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Cook & Criswell 1993, p.86 |
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Unlike other Tucanoan lanugages, Koreguaje does not contain evidential suffixes. |
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| Barasano |
yes |
The present nonproximate indicates that the speaker views participant(s) of the event to which he is referring as visible yet removed from himself. |
Jones & Jones 1991, p.83-84 |
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The suffix -ha is also a present nonproximate. |
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| Tanimuca |
no |
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Strom 1992, p.90-91 |
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Unlike many Tucanoan languages, the evidential system in Retuarã is small and not frequently used. |
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| Siona |
no info |
Conveyed with word choice/semantics. |
Wheeler 1987 |
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| Tukano |
yes |
unmarked |
Ramirez 1997: 120, 150 |
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| Yanomami |
yes |
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Ramirez 1994: 316-317 |
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| Ninam |
yes |
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Goodwin-Gomez, p.97 |
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| Sanumá |
yes |
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Borgman 1990: 165 |
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| Surui |
no info |
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| Karitiana |
no |
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Everett 2006:281-4 |
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| Nheengatu |
no |
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Cruz 2011 |
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| Paraguayan Guaraní |
no |
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Ayala 1996:308-56 |
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| Aché |
no info |
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| Kokama |
no |
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Vallejos 2010 |
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| Nyangumarta |
no |
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0 |
| Jingulu |
no |
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0 |
| Wambaya |
no |
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0 |
| Bunuba |
no |
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0 |
| Walmajarri |
no |
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0 |
| Nyulnyul |
no |
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0 |
| Warrwa |
no info |
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x |
| Worrorra |
no |
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ms15 |
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0 |
| Garrwa |
no info |
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X |
| Gooniyandi |
no |
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0 |
| Warlpiri |
no info |
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0 |
| Bardi |
no |
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0 |
| Yugambeh |
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| Yorta Yorta |
no info |
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x |
| Yir Yoront |
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| Yindjibarndi |
no |
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0 |
| Yidiny |
no |
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0 |
| Yanyuwa |
no info |
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x |
| Yandruwandha |
no info |
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x |
| Yan-nhangu |
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| Yalarnnga |
no |
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0 |
| Woiwurrung |
no info |
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x |
| Wirangu |
No |
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0 |
| Wemba-Wemba |
no info |
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x |
| Warumungu |
no |
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0 |
| Wangkumara |
no info |
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X |
| Uradhi |
No |
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363 |
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0 |
| Paakantyi |
no info |
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X |
| Pitta-Pitta |
No |
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0 |
| Pintupi |
no info |
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x |
| Nyungar |
no info |
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x |
| Nhanta |
no info |
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x |
| Ngiyambaa |
yes |
|
275 |
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1 |
| Ngayawang |
No |
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0 |
| Muruwari |
no |
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0 |
| Mpakwithi |
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| Mayi-Yapi |
No |
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0 |
| Martuthunira |
no |
|
136-164 |
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0 |
| Marrgany |
No |
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0 |
| Kuuk Thaayorre |
No |
|
66 |
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0 |
| Kuku Yalanji |
no |
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0 |
| Kugu-Nganhcara |
No |
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0 |
| Kaurna |
No |
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0 |
| Kalkatungu |
no |
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0 |
| Jaru |
no |
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0 |
| Guugu-Yimidhirr |
No |
|
80 |
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0 |
| Gureng Gureng |
no info |
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x |
| Gupapuyngu |
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| Gumbaynggirr |
no |
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0 |
| Gugu-Badhun |
no info |
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|
x |
| Yuwaalaraay |
No |
|
74 |
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0 |
| Dyirbal |
No |
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0 |
| Duungidjawu |
no |
|
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0 |
| Djinang |
No |
|
167 |
|
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0 |
| Djabugay |
|
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| Diyari |
no |
|
184 |
|
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0 |
| Dharuk |
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| Dharawal |
no info |
|
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|
x |
| Darkinyung |
no |
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0 |
| Bularnu |
no |
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|
0 |
| Biri |
no info |
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|
x |
| Bidjara-Gungabula |
no info |
|
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|
x |
| Batyala |
no info |
|
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|
x |
| Arabana |
no |
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0 |
| Alyawarr |
no |
|
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0 |
| Nyikina |
no |
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|
0 |
| Yawuru |
|
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| Ngarinyin |
|
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|
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| Yulparija |
No |
|
35 |
|
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0 |
| Wathawurrung |
no info |
|
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|
x |
| Mathi-Mathi |
no |
|
96 |
|
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0 |
| Hunter River and Lake Macquarie |
no |
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0 |
| Thanggati |
no |
|
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|
0 |
| Katthang |
no |
|
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0 |
| Panyjima |
no |
|
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0 |
| Ngarinyeri |
No |
|
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0 |
| Kurrama |
no info |
|
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|
x |
| Yingkarta |
no |
|
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0 |
| Githabul |
No |
|
22 |
|
|
0 |
| Gunya |
No |
|
326 |
|
|
0 |
| Kunjen |
No |
|
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|
0 |
| WesternTorres |
no |
|
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|
0 |
| Wakaya |
no |
|
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|
0 |
| Yindjilindji |
no info |
|
|
|
|
x |
| Bandjalang |
No |
|
|
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|
0 |
| Ngaatjatjara |
No |
|
30 |
|
|
0 |
| Arrernte |
No |
|
49 |
|
|
0 |
| Kokatha |
No |
|
28 |
|
|
0 |
| Karajarri |
No |
|
165 |
|
|
0 |
| Pitjantjatjara |
No |
|
Y 8 |
|
|
0 |
| Ritharrngu |
No |
|
71 |
|
|
0 |
| Warrgamay |
No |
|
52-9 |
|
|
0 |
| Warluwarra |
no |
|
|
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|
0 |
| Warnman |
No |
|
45 |
|
|
0 |
| Djapu |
no |
|
|
|
|
0 |
| Bilinarra |
no |
|
|
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|
0 |
| Wiradjuri |
no info |
|
|
|
|
x |
| Aghu-Tharnggala |
No |
|
70 |
|
|
0 |
| Narungga |
No |
|
74 |
|
|
0 |
| Tharrkari |
No |
|
31 |
|
|
0 |
| Wajarri |
No |
|
96 |
|
|
0 |
| Warungu |
no |
|
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|
0 |
| Adnyamathanha |
|
|
|
|
|
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| Yagua |
no |
|
Payne and Payne 1990 |
|
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| Baniwa |
no |
|
Ramirez 2001 |
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