Kanyara–Mantharta languages

{{Short description|Branch of the Pama–Nyungan family}}

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{{Infobox language family

|name=Kanyara–Mantharta

|altname=

|region=North West Cape, Western Australia

|familycolor=Australian

|fam1=Pama–Nyungan

|fam2=Southwest

|fam3=Pilbara

|child1=Kanyara

|child2=Mantharta

|glotto=none

|map=Kanyara-Mantharta languages.png

|mapcaption=Kanyara–Mantharta languages (green) among other Pama–Nyungan (tan). Kanyara is the group on the coast, Mantharta inland.

}}

The Kanyara and Mantharta languages form a western branch of the Pama–Nyungan family.Bowern, Claire. 2011. "[http://anggarrgoon.wordpress.com/2011/12/23/how-many-languages-were-spoken-in-australia/ How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?]", Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web, December 23, 2011 ([http://pamanyungan.sites.yale.edu/master-list-australian-languages-v12 corrected] February 6, 2012)