Kingkel languages
 | This article needs to be updated. (February 2015) |
| Kingkel | |
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| Rockhampton–Gladstone | |
| Geographic distribution | Queensland |
| Linguistic classification | Pama–Nyungan
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| Subdivisions |
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| Glottolog | rock1234 |
Kingkel is a putative small branch of the Pama–Nyungan family in Queensland, consisting of:
- Bayali,
- Dharumbal.
The two languages are not close.
Bowern (2011) reclassified Darumbal as a Maric 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 of Mbabaram (and therefore related to Maric languages, though as the first to branch off within that group). Bayali is grouped with Waka-Kabi languages to the south.
Map of traditional lands of Aboriginal people around Mackay, Rockhampton and Gladstone, Queensland.
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