Garawan languages

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

Garawan
Yanyi, Garrwan
Geographic
distribution
Northern Territory and Queensland
Linguistic classificationMacro-Pama–Nyungan?
  • Greater Pama–Nyungan?
    • Garawan
Subdivisions
Glottologgarr1260
Garawan and Tangkic (green). Garawan is the group inland.

The languages are:

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.

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