Garrwa language
(Redirected from Garawa language)
| Garrwa | |
|---|---|
| Garawa, Gaarwa, Karawa Leearrawa | |
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Northern Territory |
| Ethnicity | Garrwa |
Native speakers | 150 (2021 census)[1] |
Garrwan
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| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | wrk |
| Glottolog | gara1269 |
| AIATSIS[2] | N155 |
| ELP | Lua error in Module:Endangered_Languages_Project at line 21: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
Garrwa, also spelt Garawa, Gaarwa, or Karawa and also known as Leearrawa, is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Garrwa people of a northern region of the Northern Territory of Australia.
Phonology
[edit | edit source]Vowels
[edit | edit source]| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| High | i | u |
| Low | a | |
Consonants
[edit | edit source]| Peripheral | Laminal | Apical | ||||
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| 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
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- ^ N155 Garrwa at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
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- Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). Series B, no. 42.
- Mushin, Ilana. 2012. A grammar of Garrwa. Berlin: de Gruyter.