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Garawan languages

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Glottolog:
  
garr1260

Garawan languages

Geographic distribution:
  
Northern Territory and Queensland

Linguistic classification:
  
Macro-Pama–Nyungan? Greater Pama–Nyungan? Garawan

Subdivisions:
  
Garawa Waanyi ?Gunindiri

The Garawan languages (Garrwan), or Yanyi, are a small language family of Australian Aboriginal languages once spoken in northern Australia.

The languages are:

  • Garawa (Garrwa, north)
  • Waanyi (Wanji, south)
  • Gunindiri (Kurnindirri, southwest)

    • Gunindiri is almost entirely unknown.

    Garawan may be related to the Pama–Nyungan languages, though this is not accepted in Bowern 2011. The languages are close: Dixon (2002) says that it should be straightforward to reconstruct proto-Garawa–Wanji.

    References

    Garawan languages Wikipedia
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