Tharawal language
Tharawal | |
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Dharawal | |
Region | New South Wales, Australia |
Ethnicity | Tharawal, Wodiwodi, Gweagal |
Revival | 27 self-identified speakers (2016 census)[1] |
Pama–Nyungan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | tbh |
Glottolog | thur1254 |
AIATSIS[2] | S59 |
ELP | Dharawal |
The Tharawal language (Thurawal, Dharawal, Wodiwodi) is an Australian Aboriginal language of New South Wales.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Dharag-Neighbors1.png/220px-Dharag-Neighbors1.png)
Traditional lands of Australian Aboriginal tribes around Sydney, New South Wales.[3]
Phonology[]
Consonants[]
Labial | Velar | Alveolar | Dental | Palatal | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stop | b | ɡ | d | d̪ | ɟ |
Nasal | m | ŋ | n | n̪ | ɲ |
Lateral | l | ||||
Rhotic | r | ||||
Approximant | w | j |
Vowels[]
Vowels are phonemically /a i u/.[4]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Census 2016, Language spoken at home by Sex (SA2+)". stat.data.abs.gov.au. ABS. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
- ^ S59 Tharawal at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ^ This map is indicative only.
- ^ Eades, Diana K. (1976). The Dharawal and Dhurga Languages of the New South Wales South Coast.
External links[]
- Bibliography of Tharawal people and language resources, at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies[dead link]
Categories:
- Tharawal languages
- Extinct languages of New South Wales
- Indigenous Australian language stubs