Garrwa language

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Garrwa
Region Northern Territory, Australia
Ethnicity Garrwa
Native speakers
150 (2021 census) [1]
Garrwan
  • Garrwa
Language codes
ISO 639-3 wrk
Glottolog gara1269
AIATSIS [2] 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.

Contents

Phonology

Vowels

Front Back
High iu
Low a

Consonants

Peripheral Laminal Apical
Bilabial Velar Palatal Alveolo-
palatal
Alveolar Retroflex
Stop pkctʈ
Nasal mŋŋ̟ɲnɳ
Lateral ʎlɭ
Rhotic rɻ
Semivowel wj

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References

  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