[1] These languages are divided into the Yuin, Kuri, and Yora groups, although exact classifications vary between researchers.

[2] Yuin–Kuric languages were spoken by the original inhabitants of what are now the cities of Sydney and Canberra.

The labels of all three subgroups reflect the word for 'man' or 'Aboriginal person' in their respective included languages.

The Kuri (northern) group has been reduced to its southernmost languages: Languages once classified as Kuric include Yugambal, Yuggarabul (Yuggera), and Nganyaywana (Anaiwan) further north.

The following partial and simplified version shows some of the similarities and differences across the family: