Wati languages

{{Short description|Languages of Aboriginal people of central Australia}}

{{Infobox language family

|name=Wati

|altname=

|region=central Australia

|familycolor=Australian

|fam1=Pama–Nyungan

|fam2=Desert Nyungic

|child1=Wanman

|child2=Western Desert

|child3=Ngardi?

|glotto=wati1241

|glottorefname=Wati

|map=Wati languages.png

|mapcaption=Wati languages (green) among other Pama–Nyungan (tan)

}}

The Wati languages are the dominant Pama–Nyungan languages of central Australia. They include the moribund Wanman language and the Western Desert dialect continuum, which is sometimes considered to be a dozen distinct languages. It is not clear whether Antakarinya is Warnman or Western Desert.{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}

Bowern (2011) adds Ngardi,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) which had previously been classified as Ngumpin–Yapa.

Wati is generally included in Southwest Pama–Nyungan by those who accept that proposal.{{Citation | author1=Babinski, Sarah | author2=Rojas-Berscia, Luis-Miguel | author3=Bowern, Claire | title=The Wati (Western Desert) subgroup of Pama-Nyungan | publication-date=2023-07-20 | publisher=Oxford University Press | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/255032091 | access-date=9 July 2024}} However, SW Pama–Nyungan may be an areal group, and is not included in Bowern (2011).