Dharawal language

Not to be confused with Dharawala language.

The Dharawal language, also spelt Tharawal and Thurawal, and also known as Wodiwodi and other variants, is an Australian Aboriginal language of New South Wales.

Traditional lands of Australian Aboriginal tribes around Sydney, New South Wales^[3]

Dharawal
Tharawal
Region	New South Wales, Australia
Ethnicity	Dharawal, Wodiwodi, Gweagal
Revival	27 self-identified speakers (2016 census)[1]
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Yuin–Kuric Yuin Tharawal languages Dharawal
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tbh
Linguist List	tbh.html
Glottolog	thur1254
AIATSIS[2]	S59
ELP	Dharawal
Dharawal is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Phonology

Consonants

	Labial	Velar	Alveolar	Dental	Palatal
Stop	b	ɡ	d	d̪	ɟ
Nasal	m	ŋ	n	n̪	ɲ
Lateral			l
Rhotic			r
Approximant	w				j

Vowels

Vowels are phonemically /a i u/.^[4]

Vocabulary

Below is a basic vocabulary list from Blake (1981).^[5]

English	Dharawal
man	yuwiny
woman	miga
mother	minga
father	baba
head	walaar
eye	mabura
nose	nugur
ear	guri
mouth	gami
tongue	ḏalany
tooth	yira
hand	maramal
breast	nguminyang
stomach	biṉḏi
faeces	guning
thigh	ḏara
foot	ḏana
blood	ngawu
dog	mirigang
snake	gari
kangaroo	buru
possum	guruura
fish	ḏany
spider	maraara
crow	wawarnang
sun	wuri
moon	dyadyung
stone	garabang
water	ngadyung
camp	ngura
fire	ganbi
smoke	gaandi
food	ḏangang
meat	mandidyang
stand	ḏar
see	nand
go	yand
get	mand
hit, kill	bulm
I	ngayagang
you	nyindigang
one	miḏang
two	bula

See also

• Tharawal
• Wodiwodi

References

1. "Census 2016, Language spoken at home by Sex (SA2+)". stat.data.abs.gov.au. ABS. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2017. Archived 26 December 2018 at the Wayback Machine
2. S59 Dharawal at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
3. This map is indicative only.
4. Eades, Diana K. (1976). The Dharawal and Dhurga Languages of the New South Wales South Coast.
5. Blake, Barry J. (1981). Australian Aboriginal languages: a general introduction. London: Angus & Robertson Publishers. ISBN 0-207-14044-8.

External links

• Bibliography of Tharawal people and language resources, at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies ^{[dead link‍]}