| Guwa | |
|---|---|
| Goa | |
| Native to | Australia | 
| Region | "Karna–Mari fringe", Queensland | 
| Ethnicity | Koa people | 
| Extinct | (date missing) | 
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |  xgw  | 
| Glottolog |  guwa1242  | 
| AIATSIS [3] |  G9.1  | 
| ELP | Guwa | 
Guwa, also spelt Goa, Koa, and other variants, is an extinct and nearly unattested Australian Aboriginal language of Queensland spoken by the Koa people. It was apparently close to Yanda. [3]
| Peripheral | Laminal | Apical | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labial | Velar | Dental | Palatal | Alveolar | Retroflex | |
| Plosive | p | k | t̪ | c | t | ʈ | 
| Nasal | m | ŋ | n̪ | ɲ | n | ɳ | 
| Rhotic | ɾ ~ r | |||||
| Lateral | (l̪) | ʎ | l | (ɭ) | ||
| Approximant | w | j | ɻ | |||
Vowels are a three-vowel system /i, a, u/. [4]