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Most Australian Indigenous languages came from just one place, research claims - Most Indigenous languages in Australia likely originated from a remote spot in far north Queensland as recently as 4,000 years ago, before slowly spreading across the country, a new study has claimed. The paper, published in the journal Nature on Tuesday, mapped the origins of the Pama-Nyungan ...

Most Australian Indigenous languages came from just one place, research claims - The researchers used an adapted computer model originally designed to map the spread of viruses, and built a family tree of “cognates” – identical or similar words across multiple languages . Pama-Nyungan is one of 28 Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander language families. In contrast, Europe had four ...