Garrwa language

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.

Not to be confused with Jarawa language (disambiguation).

Garrwa
RegionNorthern Territory, Australia
EthnicityGarrwa
Native speakers
59 (2012) to 129 (2016 census)[1]
Garrwan
  • Garrwa
Language codes
ISO 639-3wrk
Glottologgara1269
AIATSIS[2]N155
ELPGarrwa[3]

Phonology

Vowels
Front Back
High i u
Low a

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

References
  1. "Census 2016, Language spoken at home by Sex (SA2+)". stat.data.abs.gov.au. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  2. N155 Garrwa at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  3. Endangered Languages Project data for Garrwa.
  • 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. University of Hawai'i Press. 11 (1): 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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