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What structural feature broadly distinguishes Pama-Nyungan languages from Non-Pama-Nyungan languages in Australian linguistics?

Pama-Nyungan languages are predominantly suffixing, whereas Non-Pama-Nyungan languages often utilize complex prefixing. Pama-Nyungan languages use prefixing for verbs, while Non-Pama-Nyungan languages rely exclusively on suffixes. Pama-Nyungan languages lack case marking entirely, whereas Non-Pama-Nyungan languages use ergative cases. Pama-Nyungan languages contain no vowel contrasts, while Non-Pama-Nyungan languages have ten vowels.

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Pama-Nyungan languages are predominantly suffixing, whereas Non-Pama-Nyungan languages often utilize complex prefixing.

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