Garawan languages
The Garawan languages (Garrwan), or Yanyi, are a small language family of Australian Aboriginal languages currently spoken in northern Australia.
Garawan | |
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Yanyi, Garrwan | |
Geographic distribution | Northern Territory and Queensland |
Linguistic classification | Macro-Pama–Nyungan?
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Subdivisions | |
Glottolog | garr1260 |
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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