Macro-Pama-Nyungan is an Australian language family proposed in 1997 that links the two largest language families in Australia, the Pama-Nyungan family, which covers seven-eighths of the continent, and Gunwinyguan, the principal family of Arnhem Land in northern Australia.

The traditionally accepted languages families included in this proposal are,

• Gunwinyguan
• Greater Pama-Nyungan
• Tankic
• Garawa
• Pama-Nyungan proper

In addition, it has been suggested that the Ngurmbur language isolate may belong to this group.

References

• McConvell, Patrick and Nicholas Evans. (eds.) 1997. Archaeology and Linguistics: Global Perspectives on Ancient Australia. Melbourne: Oxford University Press