According to Dixon, languages classified as members of the Kanyara languages group are (with the varieties in parentheses sometimes considered separate languages):[1] However, according to Peter Austin, Binigura/Pinikura, Thalanyji, Payungu and Purdana (all classified as separate languages in AUSTLANG[2]) "should probably be classified as belonging to the Kanyara subgroup".

The name kanyara comes from the word for "man" in Burdana and Thalanyji.

The Kanyara languages form a branch of the Pama–Nyungan family.

The Kanyara group was first proposed by Austin based on lexical, morphological and syntactic criteria.

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