Garawan languages
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The Garawan languages (Garrwan), or Yanyi, are a small language family of Australian Aboriginal languages currently spoken in northern Australia.
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Garawan | |
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Yanyi, Garrwan | |
Geographic distribution | Northern Territory and Queensland |
Linguistic classification | Macro-Pama–Nyungan?
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Glottolog | garr1260 |
Garawan and Tangkic (green). Garawan is the group inland. |
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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.