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Garrwa

Region Northern Territory, Australia

Ethnicity Garrwa

Native speakers 150 (2021 census)

Language family

Garrwan

Garrwa

AIATSIS N155

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Garrwa, also spelt Garawa, Gaarwa, or Karawa and also known as Leearrawa, is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Garrwa people of a northern region of the Northern Territory of Australia.

Phonology

Vowels

	Front	Back
High	i	u
Low	a

Consonants

	Peripheral			Laminal	Apical
	Bilabial	Velar	Palatal	Alveolo- palatal	Alveolar	Retroflex
Stop	p	k	k̟	c	t	ʈ
Nasal	m	ŋ	ŋ̟	ɲ	n	ɳ
Lateral				ʎ	l	ɭ
Rhotic					r	ɻ
Semivowel	w			j

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