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{{distinguish|Jarawa language}}
{{short description|Australian Aboriginal language}}
{{distinguish|Jarawa language (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2011}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}}
{{use Australian English|date=March 2021}}
{{Infobox language
{{Infobox language
|name=Garawa
|name=Garrwa
|region=[[Northern Territory]], Australia
|region=[[Northern Territory]], Australia
|ethnicity=[[Garrwa people|Garrwa]]
|speakers = 40 (2005) to 87
|speakers = {{sigfig|147|2}}
|date=2006 census
|date=2021 census
|ref=aiatsis
|ref=<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/people-and-communities/cultural-diversity-census/2021/|title=Cultural diversity: Census|author=Australian Bureau of Statistics|date=2021}}</ref>
|familycolor=Australian
|familycolor=Australian
|fam1= [[Garrwan languages|Garrwan]]
|fam1= [[Garrwan languages|Garrwan]]
|iso3=wrk
|iso3=wrk
|glotto=gara1269
|glotto=gara1269
|glottorefname=Garawa
|glottorefname=Garrwa
|aiatsis=N155
|aiatsis=N155
|notice=IPA
|notice=IPA
}}
}}


'''Garawa''' (or '''Garrwa''', '''Gaarwa''', '''Karawa''', '''Leearrawa''') is an [[Australian Aboriginal languages|Australian Aboriginal language]] of northern Australia.
'''Garrwa''', also spelt '''Garawa''', '''Gaarwa''', or '''Karawa''' and also known as '''Leearrawa''', is an [[Australian Aboriginal languages|Australian Aboriginal language]] spoken by the [[Garrwa people]] of a northern region of the [[Northern Territory]] of Australia.


==Phonology==
==Phonology==
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! [[High vowel|High]]
! [[High vowel|High]]
| {{IPA|i}}
| {{IPA link|i}}
| {{IPA|u}}
| {{IPA link|u}}
|-
|-
! [[Low vowel|Low]]
! [[Low vowel|Low]]
|colspan="2"| {{IPA|a}}
|colspan="2"| {{IPA link|a}}
|}
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! [[Stop consonant|Stop]]
! [[Stop consonant|Stop]]
| {{IPA|p}}
| {{IPA link|p}}
| {{IPA|k}}
| {{IPA link|k}}
| {{IPA|k̟}}
| {{IPA link|k̟}}
| {{IPA|c}}
| {{IPA link|c}}
| {{IPA|t}}
| {{IPA link|t}}
| {{IPA|ʈ}}
| {{IPA link|ʈ}}
|-
|-
! [[Nasal stop|Nasal]]
! [[Nasal stop|Nasal]]
| {{IPA|m}}
| {{IPA link|m}}
| {{IPA|ŋ}}
| {{IPA link|ŋ}}
| {{IPA|ŋ̟}}
| {{IPA link|ŋ̟}}
| {{IPA|ɲ}}
| {{IPA link|ɲ}}
| {{IPA|n}}
| {{IPA link|n}}
| {{IPA|ɳ}}
| {{IPA link|ɳ}}
|-
|-
! [[Lateral consonant|Lateral]]
! [[Lateral consonant|Lateral]]
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| {{IPA|ʎ}}
| {{IPA link|ʎ}}
| {{IPA|l}}
| {{IPA link|l}}
| {{IPA|ɭ}}
| {{IPA link|ɭ}}
|-
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! [[Rhotic consonant|Rhotic]]
! [[Rhotic consonant|Rhotic]]
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| {{IPA|r}}
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| {{IPA|ɻ}}
| {{IPA link|ɻ}}
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! [[Semivowel]]
! [[Semivowel]]
|colspan="2"| {{IPA|w}}
|colspan="2"| {{IPA link|w}}
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://emsah.uq.edu.au/linguistics/austlang/garrwa/ Garawa: Australian Aboriginal Language Data from the UQ Flint Archive]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120411021628/http://emsah.uq.edu.au/linguistics/austlang/garrwa/ Garawa: Australian Aboriginal Language Data from the UQ Flint Archive]


{{Languages of Australia}}
{{Pama–Nyungan languages|Macro}}
{{Pama–Nyungan languages|Macro}}
{{Australian Aboriginal languages}}


[[Category:Garawan languages]]
[[Category:Garawan languages]]
[[Category:Extinct languages of Australia]]

Latest revision as of 05:55, 17 March 2024

Garrwa
RegionNorthern Territory, Australia
EthnicityGarrwa
Native speakers
150 (2021 census)[1]
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

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Vowels

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Front Zurück
Hoch i u
Niedrig a

Consonants

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Peripheral Laminal Apical
Bilabial Velar Palatal Alveolo-
palatal
Alveolar Retroflex
Stop p k c t ʈ
Nasal m ŋ ŋ̟ ɲ n ɳ
Lateral ʎ l ɭ
Rhotic r ɻ
Semivowel w j

References

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  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021). "Cultural diversity: Census".
  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. 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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