Tharawal languages

Tharawal, also spelt Thurawal and Dharawal, is a small family of mostly extinct Australian Aboriginal languages once spoken along the South Coast of New South Wales.

Tharawal
Geographic distribution	New South Wales, Australia
Ethnicity	Yuin people
Linguistic classification	Pama–Nyungan Yuin–Kuric Yuin Tharawal
Subdivisions	Tharawal Dhurga Thawa ?Dyirringanj
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	nort2761  (partial overlap) sout2771

Number of languages in the group

According to Bob Dixon (2002), four Tharawal languages are attested, though he does not accept them as related:^[1]

• Tharawal
• Dhurga
• Dyirringanj
• Thawa

Claire Bowern (2011) lists three, among the Yuin languages:^[2]

• Dharawal

• Dhurga

• Thawa

Speakers

Peoples who spoke these languages include:

Clans and Families of The Northern Dharawal

• Noron-Geragal
• Targarigal
• Goonamattagal
• Wodi Wodi
• Gweagal (Geawegal)

New South Wales south coast group

• Dharawal
• Dhurga or Thurga (Thoorga, Durga)
• Dyirringanj (Djirringanj)
• Thaua (Thawa)

References

1. Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge University Press. pp. xxxiv–xxxv. ISBN 978-0-521-47378-1.
2. Bowern, Claire. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?", Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web, December 23, 2011 (corrected February 6, 2012)