The Arnhem Land languages are a language family proposed by Evans (1997) of Australian languages spoken across northern Arnhem Land.

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Arnhem Land
(proposed)
Geographic distribution	northern Australia
Linguistic classification	Proposed language family
Subdivisions	Burarran Iwaidjan Giimbiyu Gaagudju Umbugarla
Glottolog	None
Arnhem Land families:   Yiwaidjan   Giimbiyu   Gaagudju   Umbugarla   Burarran   other non-Pama–Nyungan families

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The name "Arnhem languages" is used by Green (2003) for what Evans calls "Ginwinyguan", and is only tangentially related to this proposal.

The established language families included in this proposal are:

• Burarran
• Iwaidjan
• Giimbiyu (†)
• Gaagudju language (†)
• Umbugarla language (†)

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

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