Garawan languages

Garawan
Garawan
Yanyi, Garrwan
Geographic; distribution	Northern Territory and Queensland
Linguistic classification	Macro-Pama–Nyungan? Greater Pama–Nyungan? Garawan; ;
Subdivisions	Garawa; Waanyi; ?Gunindiri;
Glottolog	garr1260
	Garawan and Tangkic (green). Garawan is the group inland.

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

The languages are:

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

Gunindiri is almost entirely unknown.^[1]

Garawan may be related to the Pama–Nyungan languages, though this is not accepted in Bowern 2011.^[2] The languages are close: Dixon (2002)^{[citation needed]} says that it should be straightforward to reconstruct proto-Garawa–Wanji.

References

^ C23 Gunindiri at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
^ 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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[1] C23 Gunindiri at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

[2] 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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