Garawa language

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Not to be confused with Jarawa language.
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
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Garawa (or Garrwa, Gaarwa, Karawa, Leearrawa) is an Australian Aboriginal language 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 k̟ c t ʈ
Nasal m ŋ ŋ̟ ɲ n ɳ
Lateral ʎ l ɭ
Rhotic r ɻ
Semivowel w j

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Garawa at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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  • Mushin, Ilana. 2012. A grammar of Garrwa. Berlin: de Gruyter.

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