| Garrwa | |
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| Garawa, Gaarwa, Karawa Leearrawa | |
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Northern Territory |
| Ethnicity | Garrwa |
| Native speakers | 150 (2021 census) |
| Language family | Garrwan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | wrk |
| Glottolog | gara1269 |
| AIATSIS | N155 |
| ELP | Garrwa |
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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
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021). "Cultural diversity: Census".
- 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. 11 (1). University of Hawai'i Press: 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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