Dharawal language

Endangered Yuin language spoken in Australia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Dharawal 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.

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Dharawal
Tharawal
Native toAustralia
RegionNew South Wales
EthnicityDharawal, Wodiwodi, Gweagal
Native speakers
27 self-identified speakers (2016 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3tbh
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Glottologthur1254
AIATSIS[2]S59
ELPDharawal
Traditional lands of Australian Aboriginal tribes around Sydney, New South Wales;[a] Dharawal in   red.
Dharawal is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
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Phonology

Consonants

More information Labial, Velar ...
Labial Velar Alveolar Dental Palatal
Stop b ɡ d ɟ
Nasal m ŋ n ɲ
Lateral l
Rhotic r
Approximant w j
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Vowels

Vowels are phonemically /a i u/.[3]

Vocabulary

Below is a basic vocabulary list from Blake (1981).[4]

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EnglishDharawal
manyuwiny
womanmiga
motherminga
fatherbaba
headwalaar
eyemabura
nosenugur
earguri
mouthgami
tongueḏalany
toothyira
handmaramal
breastnguminyang
stomachbiṉḏi
faecesguning
thighḏara
footḏana
bloodngawu
dogmirigang
snakegari
kangarooburu
possumguruura
fishḏany
spidermaraara
crowwawarnang
sunwuri
moondyadyung
stonegarabang
waterngadyung
campngura
fireganbi
smokegaandi
foodḏangang
meatmandidyang
standḏar
seenand
goyand
getmand
hit, killbulm
Ingayagang
younyindigang
onemiḏang
twobula
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See also

Notes

  1. This map is indicative only.

References

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