Thiin language
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Thiin is an Australian Aboriginal language
of Western Australia
.
of Southwest Pama–Nyungan languages, though Carl Georg von Brandenstein's 1967 classification had Thiin as a Coastal Ngayarda language.
Thiin is similar to Jiwarli
, and the two are sometimes regarded as a single language.
Australian Aboriginal languages
The Australian Aboriginal languages comprise several language families and isolates native to the Australian Aborigines of Australia and a few nearby islands, but by convention excluding the languages of Tasmania and the Torres Strait Islanders...
of Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
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Classification
Thiin is usually placed in the Mantharta subgroupMantharta languages
The Mantharta languages is the name given by linguists to a group of closely related languages in the southern Pilbara region of Western Australia.The four languages classified as members of the Mantharta languages group are as follows.* Warriyangka* Thiin...
of Southwest Pama–Nyungan languages, though Carl Georg von Brandenstein's 1967 classification had Thiin as a Coastal Ngayarda language.
Thiin is similar to Jiwarli
Jiwarli language
Jiwarli is an Australian Aboriginal language formerly spoken in Western Australia. It is one of the Mantharta languages of the large Southwest branch of the Pama–Nyungan family....
, and the two are sometimes regarded as a single language.