Garrwa language

{{short description|Australian Aboriginal language}}

{{distinguish|Jarawa language (disambiguation)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}}

{{use Australian English|date=March 2021}}

{{Infobox language

| name = Garrwa

| region = Northern Territory

| ethnicity = Garrwa

| speakers = {{sigfig|147|2}}

| date = 2021 census

| 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}}

| familycolor = Australian

| fam1 = Garrwan

| iso3 = wrk

| glotto = gara1269

| glottorefname = Garrwa

| aiatsis = N155

| notice = IPA

| altname = Garawa, Gaarwa, Karawa
Leearrawa

| states = Australia

| dia1 = Western/Light Garrwa

| dia2 = Gunindiri {{extinct}}

}}

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

=Vowels=

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!

! Front

! Back

High

| {{IPA link|i}}

| {{IPA link|u}}

Low

|colspan="2"| {{IPA link|a}}

=Consonants=

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!rowspan="2"|

!colspan="3"| Peripheral

! Laminal

!colspan="2"| Apical

Bilabial

! Velar

! Palatal

! Alveolo-
palatal

! Alveolar

! Retroflex

Stop

| {{IPA link|p}}

| {{IPA link|k}}

| {{IPA link|k̟}}

| {{IPA link|c}}

| {{IPA link|t}}

| {{IPA link|ʈ}}

Nasal

| {{IPA link|m}}

| {{IPA link|ŋ}}

| {{IPA link|ŋ̟}}

| {{IPA link|ɲ}}

| {{IPA link|n}}

| {{IPA link|ɳ}}

Lateral

|

|

|

| {{IPA link|ʎ}}

| {{IPA link|l}}

| {{IPA link|ɭ}}

Rhotic

|

|

|

|

| {{IPA link|r}}

| {{IPA link|ɻ}}

Semivowel

|colspan="2"| {{IPA link|w}}

|

| {{IPA link|j}}

|

|

References

{{Reflist}}

  • {{cite book |last=Belfrage |first=H. |year=1992 |title=Aspects of verb and pronoun morphology, semantics and syntax in Garrwa |others=BA honours sub-thesis |publisher=University of Melbourne}}
  • {{cite journal |last=Furby |first=Christine E. |year=1972 |title=The pronominal system of Garawa |journal=Oceanic Linguistics |volume=11 |pages=1–31 |doi=10.2307/3622731 |issue=1 |publisher=University of Hawai'i Press |jstor=3622731}}
  • {{cite book |last=Furby |first=Edward S. |author2=Furby, Christine E. |year=1977 |title=A preliminary analysis of Garawa phrases and clauses |location=Canberra |publisher=Pacific Linguistics}} Series B, no. 42.
  • Mushin, Ilana. 2012. A grammar of Garrwa. Berlin: de Gruyter.