Ngaro and
Giya (Bumbarra), spoken on the coast, may also have been Maric, the latter perhaps a dialect of Biri. Of the interior, to the west, Breen (2007) writes of "
Karna–Mari fringe" languages which are "a discontinuous group of languages, mostly poorly attested, scattered between
Karnic and Mari languages but not showing much connection with either or with one another. The only one well attested is also the most remote geographically,
Kalkutungu". This includes the
Ngura languages, several of which belong to the
Karnic branch of Pama–Nyungan (such as the
Wilson River dialects spoken by the
Galali and
Wangkumara, though not the
Bulloo River dialects spoken by the same). However, Bowern (2011) lists the
Badjiri variety as Maric. Other poorly attested interior languages which may have been Maric include
Ngaygungu (Dixon 2002),
Bindal (Bowern 2011),
Barna (Bowern 2011),
Dhungaloo (doubtful in Bowern, not listed at AIATSIS), and
Yirandhali (Dixon, Bowern).
Yiman was classified by Beale (1975) as Maric, but Breen (2009) disputes this, stating the language is likely Wakka-Kabic. Dixon's "Greater Maric" area listed in Bowern (2011) also includes
Guwa (Goa) and
Yanda. See also
Karnic languages for additional varieties from the area. ==See also==