Garawa language

Not to be confused with Jarawa language (disambiguation).
Garawa
Region Northern Territory, Australia
Native speakers
40 (2005) to 87 (2006 census)[1]
Garrwan
  • Garawa
Language codes
ISO 639-3 wrk
Glottolog gara1269[2]
AIATSIS[1] N155

Garawa (or Garrwa, Gaarwa, Karawa, Leearrawa) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Garrwa people of northern Australia.

Phonology

Vowels

Front Back
High i u
Low a

Consonants

Peripheral Laminal Apical
Bilabial Velar Palatal Alveolo-
palatal
Alveolar Retroflex
Stop p k c t ʈ
Nasal m ŋ ŋ̟ ɲ n ɳ
Lateral ʎ l m
Rhotic ɲ ɻ
Semivowel w j

References

  1. 1 2 Garawa at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Garawa". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

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