Tharawal languages

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Tharawal
Geographic
distribution
New South Wales, Australia
Ethnicity Yuin people
Linguistic classification Pama–Nyungan
Subdivisions
Language codes
Glottolog nort2761  (partial overlap)
sout2771

Tharawal, also spelt Thurawal and Dharawal, is a small family of mostly extinct Australian Aboriginal languages once spoken along the South Coast of New South Wales.

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Number of languages in the group

According to Bob Dixon (2002), four Tharawal languages are attested, though he does not accept them as related: [1]

Claire Bowern (2011) lists three, among the Yuin languages: [2]

Speakers

Peoples who spoke these languages include:

Clans and Families of The Northern Dharawal

New South Wales south coast group

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References

  1. Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge University Press. pp. xxxiv–xxxv. ISBN   978-0-521-47378-1.
  2. Bowern, Claire. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?", Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web, December 23, 2011 (corrected February 6, 2012)