Garawa language

Garawa
Spoken in Northern Territory and Queensland, Australia
Extinct Late 20th century.
Language family
Macro-Pama–Nyungan
  • Greater Pama–Nyungan
    • Garawa
Language codes
ISO 639-3 gbc

Garawa (or Garrwa, Gaarwa, Karawa, Leearrawa) is a recently extinct Australian Aboriginal language of northern Australia.

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Classification

Garawa may be related to the Pama–Nyungan languages. A putative dialect, Wanji or Waanyi, is divergent enough to be considered a separate language. Dixon (2002) says that it should be straightforward to reconstruct proto-Garawa-Wanji and demonstrate that it is a valid language family.

Phonology

Vowels

Front Back
High i u
Low a

Consonants

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

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