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{{Short description|Proposed language family}}{{Infobox language family
|name = Southern Daly
|acceptance = generally accepted
|region = Daly River region, northern Australia
|family = Proposed [[Social:Language family|language family]]
|familycolor = Australian
|glotto=sout2772
|glottorefname=Southern Daly
|child1 = Murrinh-patha
|child2 = Ngan’gityemerri
|map=Daly languages.png
|mapcaption=The [[Social:Daly languages|Daly languages]] (color), among the other non-Pama-Nyungan languages (grey)
|map2=Daly languages (closeup).png
|mapcaption2={{legend|#A349A4|Southern Daly languages. Murrinh-patha is on the coast, Ngan’gityemerri in the interior.}}
}}

The '''Southern Daly languages''' are a proposed family of two distantly related Australian aboriginal languages.  They are:

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*'''Southern Daly'''
**Murrinh-patha (Murinbata)
**Ngan’gityemerri (Ngan’gi)
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==Classification==
Southern Daly is a distant and problematic relationship.
Murrinh-Patha was once thought to be an isolate, due to lexical data:  It has, at most, an 11-percent shared vocabulary with any other language against which it has been compared.<ref>Reid, N.J. ''Ngan’gityemerri''. Unpublished PhD thesis, Australian National University, Canberra, 1990.</ref> However, Murrinh-patha and Ngan’gityemerri correspond closely in their verbal inflections. Green (2003) makes a case that the formal correspondences in core morphological sequences of their finite verbs are too similar (in their complexities and their irregularities) to have come about through anything other than a shared genetic legacy from a common parent language.<ref name="Green 2003">Green, I. "The Genetic Status of Murrinh-patha" in Evans, N., ed. "The Non-Pama-Nyungan Languages of Northern Australia: comparative studies of the continent’s most linguistically complex region". ''Studies in Language Change'', 552. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, 2003.</ref>  Nonetheless, lexically they have almost nothing in common, other than cognates in their words for 'thou' ''(nhinhi'' and ''nyinyi)'' and 'this' ''(kanhi'' and ''kinyi),''<ref>Note that Ngan’gityemerri has no ''nh,'' and so one would expect it to have ''ny'' where its relatives have ''nh.''</ref> and it is not clear what could explain this discrepancy.

==Vocabulary==
The following basic vocabulary items are from Tryon (1968).<ref name="Tryon-1968">Tryon, Darrell T. "The Daly River Languages: A Survey". In Aguas, E.F. and Tryon, D. editors, ''Papers in Australian Linguistics No. 3''. A-14:21-49. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 1968. {{doi|10.15144/PL-A14.21}}</ref>

:{| class="wikitable sortable"
! no. !! gloss !! Tyemeri !! Ngengomeri
|-
| 1 || head || dæpe || dæpe
|-
| 2 || hair || wičæ || wuǰa
|-
| 3 || eyes || dæmoy || damoy
|-
| 4 || nose || dæši || dæče
|-
| 5 || ear || dæčære || dæčære
|-
| 6 || tooth || dædir || dædir
|-
| 7 || tongue || dæčæn || ŋalŋijiak
|-
| 8 || shoulder || tamæmbɛr || dada
|-
| 9 || elbow || mïnmïrpïr || dličiwuwul
|-
| 10 || hand || dæmæ || dæmæ
|-
| 11 || breasts || če || čiye
|-
| 12 || back || dædære || dædære
|-
| 13 || belly || dægæ || damarde
|-
| 14 || navel || dæčɛre || dæčɛre
|-
| 15 || heart || kækulkul || kækulgul
|-
| 16 || urine || waga || waga
|-
| 17 || excrete || ŋækïn || nïkïnmœr
|-
| 18 || thigh || dæbe || dæbe
|-
| 19 || leg || dagare || dagare
|-
| 20 || knee || dænïnǰe || dærɛnǰe
|-
| 21 || foot || dæᵽïr || dæbir
|-
| 22 || skin || agarᵽure || agaraburo
|-
| 23 || fat || aleye || adæwe
|-
| 24 || blood || ᵽæčæn || pučæn
|-
| 25 || bone || ame || ame
|-
| 26 || man || yæde || mipuR
|-
| 27 || woman || ᵽalme || palme
|-
| 28 || father || ŋača || ŋača
|-
| 29 || mother || kala || ala
|-
| 30 || grandmother || mæŋgæ || mæŋgæ
|-
| 31 || policeman || wamumur || wamɔmɔ
|-
| 32 || spear || yawul || yawul
|-
| 33 || [[Engineering:Woomera (spear-thrower)|woomera]] || yagama || yagama
|-
| 34 || [[Engineering:Boomerang|boomerang]] || kuɲuŋuɲ || kuɲuŋuɲ
|-
| 35 || nullanulla || magulbe || magulbɔ
|-
| 36 || hair-belt || woyčær || wuǰa
|-
| 37 || canoe || yænïŋgïǰe || kænægïǰe
|-
| 38 || axe || bi || bi
|-
| 39 || dilly bag || waRgaRde || waRguduʔ
|-
| 40 || fire || yæŋge || yæŋge
|-
| 41 || smoke || tawan || dawan
|-
| 42 || water || kure || kurɔ
|-
| 43 || cloud || wɔ || wɔ
|-
| 44 || rainbow || aŋemuŋge || aŋamuŋgi
|-
| 45 || [[Biology:Barramundi|barramundi]] || ætælmær || awalaŋir
|-
| 46 || sea || kuruŋgur || kuričæwæ
|-
| 47 || river || diRpædær || kuripædæR
|-
| 48 || stone || ᵽæpe || pæpe
|-
| 49 || ground || ŋičir || ŋičïr
|-
| 50 || track || mumba || mumba
|-
| 51 || dust || baᵽun || pabun
|-
| 52 || sun || mire || mïre
|-
| 53 || moon || diwin || diwiɳ
|-
| 54 || star || ŋanimæ || ŋanimær
|-
| 55 || night || kulče nïmbe || ŋaniŋeye
|-
| 56 || tomorrow || ŋuɲananïŋge || wadænige
|-
| 57 || today || dæčaŋe || čawɔrɔ
|-
| 58 || big || kæRæ || yɛrmïnbade
|-
| 59 || [[Biology:Phalangeriformes|possum]] || awuye || awuye
|-
| 60 || dog || wowo || wowo
|-
| 61 || tail || akïme || dapuR
|-
| 62 || meat || kagɔ || kagɔ
|-
| 63 || snake || æƀæŋgo || abæŋgo
|-
| 64 || [[Biology:Red kangaroo|red kangaroo]] || amače || amače
|-
| 65 || porcupine || aŋaneƀiɲe || aŋaneƀiɲi
|-
| 66 || [[Biology:Emu|emu]] || ŋuRp || kɔmɔɛnǰil
|-
| 67 || crow || awaŋge || awak
|-
| 68 || [[Biology:Goanna|goanna]] || æmængïɲ || mængiɲ
|-
| 69 || blue tongue lizard || æƀære || æbære
|-
| 70 || mosquito || aƀuŋe || aƀuŋe
|-
| 71 || sugar-bag || pïŋgïlǰa || puŋgudluʔ
|-
| 72 || camp || dædæ || dædær
|-
| 73 || black || čipma || čipma
|-
| 74 || white || bwimaŋgare || boymæm
|-
| 75 || red || ᵽïlᵽïlŋïne || pïlbïlŋïne
|-
| 76 || one || wokumæ || wuŋguwæ
|-
| 77 || two || fagare || wagare
|-
| 78 || when? || æčæ || æčæ
|-
| 79 || what? || čagane || čagane
|-
| 80 || who? || kænæ || kænæ
|-
| 81 || I || ŋaie || ŋaie
|-
| 82 || you || ɲiɲi || ɲiɲi
|-
| 83 || he || næm || næm
|-
| 84 || grass || wurɔ || wuR
|-
| 85 || vegetable food || meye || miye
|-
| 86 || tree || yæwɛR || yawuR
|-
| 87 || leaf || merïŋge || mirïŋge
|-
| 88 || [[Biology:Pandanus|pandanus]] || yærïge || yærge
|-
| 89 || [[Biology:Ironwood|ironwood]] || mawuɲ || mawuɲ
|-
| 90 || ripe || mibin || mibin
|-
| 91 || good || yubɔ || yubɔ
|-
| 92 || bad || wulæk || wulæk
|-
| 93 || blind || palakɲim || tarawɔrɔ
|-
| 94 || deaf || ŋamama || waŋamama
|-
| 95 || saliva || čarawɔ || čæræwul
|}

== See also ==
*[[Social:Daly languages|Daly languages]]

== References ==

<references/>
*{{cite journal |last=Tryon |first=D. T. |year=1968 |title=The Daly River languages: a survey |journal=Papers in Australian Linguistics |volume=3 |pages=21–36}}
*{{cite book |last=Tryon |first=D. T. |year=1974 |title=Daly family languages, Australia |location=Canberra |publisher=Pacific Linguistics}}

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