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Dharawal
Tharawal
Region New South Wales, Australia
Ethnicity Dharawal, Wodiwodi, Gweagal
Language family
AIATSIS S59
Lang Status 20-CR.svg
Dharawal is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

The Dharawal language, also spelt Tharawal and Thurawal, and also known as Wodiwodi and other variants, is an Australian Aboriginal language of New South Wales.

Dharag-Neighbors1
Traditional lands of Australian Aboriginal tribes around Sydney, New South Wales.

Phonology

Consonants

Labial Velar Alveolar Dental Palatal
Stop b ɡ d ɟ
Nasal m ŋ n ɲ
Lateral l
Rhotic r
Approximant w j

Vowels

Vowels are phonemically /a i u/.

See also

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