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Extinct Australian Aboriginal language
Tharawal, also spelt Thurawal and Dharawal, is a small family of extinct Australian Aboriginal languages once spoken along the South Coast of New South Wales.
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]
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
- ^ Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge University Press. pp. xxxiv–xxxv. ISBN 978-0-521-47378-1.
- ^ Bowern, Claire. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?", Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web, December 23, 2011 (corrected February 6, 2012)
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