| Dharawal | |
| Also Known As: | Tharawal |
| Region: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Ethnicity: | Dharawal, Wodiwodi, Gweagal |
| Revived: | 27 self-identified speakers (2016 census)[1] |
| Familycolor: | Australian |
| Fam1: | Pama–Nyungan |
| Fam2: | Yuin–Kuric |
| Fam3: | Yuin |
| Fam4: | Tharawal languages |
| Iso3: | tbh |
| Linglist: | tbh.html |
| Glotto: | thur1254 |
| Glottorefname: | Thurawal |
| Aiatsis: | S59 |
| Map: | Lang Status 20-CR.svg |
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.
| Labial | Velar | Alveolar | Dental | Palatal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | b | ɡ | d | d̪ | ɟ | |
| Nasal | m | ŋ | n | n̪ | ɲ | |
| Lateral | l | |||||
| Rhotic | r | |||||
| Approximant | w | j |
Vowels are phonemically /a i u/.[2]
Below is a basic vocabulary list from Blake (1981).[3]
| English | Dharawal | |
|---|---|---|
| man | yuwiny | |
| woman | miga | |
| mother | minga | |
| father | baba | |
| head | walaar | |
| eye | mabura | |
| nose | nugur | |
| ear | guri | |
| mouth | gami | |
| tongue | ḏalany | |
| tooth | yira | |
| hand | maramal | |
| breast | nguminyang | |
| stomach | biṉḏi | |
| faeces | guning | |
| thigh | ḏara | |
| foot | ḏana | |
| blood | ngawu | |
| dog | mirigang | |
| snake | gari | |
| kangaroo | buru | |
| possum | guruura | |
| fish | ḏany | |
| spider | maraara | |
| crow | wawarnang | |
| sun | wuri | |
| moon | dyadyung | |
| stone | garabang | |
| water | ngadyung | |
| camp | ngura | |
| fire | ganbi | |
| smoke | gaandi | |
| food | ḏangang | |
| meat | mandidyang | |
| stand | ḏar | |
| see | nand | |
| go | yand | |
| get | mand | |
| hit, kill | bulm | |
| I | ngayagang | |
| you | nyindigang | |
| one | miḏang | |
| two | bula |