Garrwa language

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Not to be confused with Jarawa language (disambiguation).

Garrwa
RegionNorthern Territory, Australia
EthnicityGarrwa
Native speakers
59 (2012) to 129 (2016 census)[1]
Language family
Garrwan
  • Garrwa
Language codes
ISO 639-3wrk
Glottologgara1269
AIATSIS[2]N155
ELPGarrwa
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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[]

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. ^ "Census 2016, Language spoken at home by Sex (SA2+)". stat.data.abs.gov.au. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  2. ^ N155 Garrwa at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  • Belfrage, H. (1992). Aspects of verb and pronoun morphology, semantics and syntax in Garrwa. BA honours sub-thesis. University of Melbourne.
  • Furby, Christine E. (1972). "The pronominal system of Garawa". Oceanic Linguistics. University of Hawai'i Press. 11 (1): 1–31. doi:10.2307/3622731. JSTOR 3622731.
  • Furby, Edward S.; Furby, Christine E. (1977). A preliminary analysis of Garawa phrases and clauses. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. Series B, no. 42.
  • Mushin, Ilana. 2012. A grammar of Garrwa. Berlin: de Gruyter.

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