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Nhuwala language

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Australian Aboriginal language

Nhuwala
Native toWestern Australia
RegionBarrow and Monte Bello Islands and nearby coast
ExtinctLate 1990s
Language familyPama–Nyungan
Language codes
ISO 639-3nhf
Glottolognhuw1239
AIATSISW30
ELPNhuwala

Nhuwala is a possibly extinct Pama–Nyungan language of Western Australia. Dench (1995) believed there was insufficient data to enable it to be confidently classified, but Bowern & Koch (2004) include it among the Ngayarda languages without proviso.

References

  1. Nhuwala at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. W30 Nhuwala at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  3. Bowern & Koch (2004) Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method
Ngayarda languages
Pama–Nyungan languages
Paman languages
North
Northeast
Wik
Lamalamic
Yalanjic
Southwest
Norman
Thaypan
Southern
Other
Eastern Pama–Nyungan
Dyirbalic
Maric
Waka–Kabic
Durubalic
Gumbaynggiric
Wiradhuric
Yuin–Kuric
Gippsland
Other
Southern Pama–Nyungan
Yotayotic
KulinicKolakngat
Kulin
Drual
Lower Murray
Thura-Yura
Mirniny
Nyungic
Western Pama–Nyungan
Kartu
Kanyara–Mantharta
Ngayarta
Marrngu
Northern Pama–Nyungan
Ngumpin–Yapa
Warumungu
Warluwaric
Kalkatungic
Mayi
Central Pama–Nyungan
Wati
Arandic
Karnic
Other
Other Pama–Nyungan
Yolŋu
Other
Macro-Pama–Nyungan?
Macro-Gunwinyguan
Maningrida
Mangarrayi-Marran
Gunwinyguan
Other
Tangkic
Garrwan
  • Italics indicate extinct languages.


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