Garawa language
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Garawa | |
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Region | Northern Territory, Australia |
Native speakers
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40 (2005) to 87 (2006 census)[1] |
Garrwan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | wrk |
Glottolog | gara1269 [2] |
AIATSIS[1] | N155 |
Garawa (or Garrwa, Gaarwa, Karawa, Leearrawa) is an Australian Aboriginal language of northern Australia.
Phonology
Vowels
Front | Back | |
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High | i | u |
Low | a |
Consonants
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Garawa at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
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- Mushin, Ilana. 2012. A grammar of Garrwa. Berlin: de Gruyter.