Garawan languages
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| Garawan | |
|---|---|
| Yanyi, Garrwan | |
| Geographic distribution | Northern Territory and Queensland |
| Linguistic classification | Macro-Pama–Nyungan?
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| Subdivisions | |
| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | garr1260 |
 Garawan and Tangkic (green). Garawan is the group inland. | |
The Garawan languages (Garrwan), or Yanyi, are a small language family of Australian Aboriginal languages currently spoken in northern Australia.
The languages are:
Gunindiri is almost entirely unknown.[1]
Garawan may be related to the Pama–Nyungan languages, though this is not accepted in Bowern 2011.[2] The languages are close: Dixon (2002)[citation needed] says that it should be straightforward to reconstruct proto-Garawa–Wanji.
Vocabulary
Capell (1940) lists the following basic vocabulary items:[3]
gloss Garama Waneiga man gadu jäba woman balŋun ludju head bɛlbid gada eye gamal milba nose djimu mulju mouth dädbi lira tongue djɛman djälaṉ stomach maːda miälu bone munu gidji blood gumuluŋ djugän kangaroo ŋalmuŋgu maɭu opossum jaːɭ djaŋana crow waːg djäŋilga fly moːl ŋurin sun ŋuŋa wanda moon mɛrg girindji fire ḏuŋgu waɽu smoke wanag gundjuru water goɽa gabi
References
- ^ C23 Gunindiri at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ^ Bowern, Claire. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?", Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web, December 23, 2011 (corrected February 6, 2012)
- ^ Capell, Arthur. 1940. The Classification of Languages in North and North-West Australia. Oceania 10(3): 241-272, 404-433. doi:10.1002/j.1834-4461.1940.tb00292.x
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