Thurawal_language
Dharawal language
Endangered Yuin language spoken in Australia
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.
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Dharawal | |
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Tharawal | |
Region | New South Wales, Australia |
Ethnicity | Dharawal, Wodiwodi, Gweagal |
Revival | 27 self-identified speakers (2016 census)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | tbh |
tbh.doc | |
Glottolog | thur1254 |
AIATSIS[2] | S59 |
ELP | Dharawal |
Dharawal is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger |
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Consonants
Vowels
Vowels are phonemically /a i u/.[4]
Below is a basic vocabulary list from Blake (1981).[5]
More information English ...
English | Dharawal |
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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 |
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- "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
- S59 Dharawal at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- This map is indicative only.
- Eades, Diana K. (1976). The Dharawal and Dhurga Languages of the New South Wales South Coast.
- Blake, Barry J. (1981). Australian Aboriginal languages: a general introduction. London: Angus & Robertson Publishers. ISBN 0-207-14044-8.
- Bibliography of Tharawal people and language resources, at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies [dead link]
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