| Garawan | |
| Also Known As: | Yanyi, Garrwan |
| Region: | Northern Territory and Queensland |
| Familycolor: | Australian |
| Fam1: | Macro-Pama–Nyungan? |
| Fam2: | Greater Pama–Nyungan? |
| Glotto: | garr1260 |
| Glottorefname: | Garrwan |
| Child1: | Garawa |
| Child2: | Waanyi |
| Child3: | ?Gunindiri |
| Map: | Macro-Pama-Nyungan_languages.png |
| Mapcaption: | 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:
Gunindiri is almost entirely unknown.
Garawan may be related to the Pama–Nyungan languages, though this is not accepted in Bowern 2011.[1] The languages are close: Dixon (2002) says that it should be straightforward to reconstruct proto-Garawa–Wanji.
Capell (1940) lists the following basic vocabulary items:[2]
| gloss | Waneiga | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| man | gadu | jäba | |
| woman | balŋun | ludju | |
| head | bɛlbid | gada | |
| eye | gamal | milba | |
| nose | djimu | mulju | |
| mouth | dädbi | lira | |
| tongue | djɛman | djälaṉ | |
| stomach | maːda | miälu | |
| bone | munu | gidji | |
| blood | gumuluŋ | djugän | |
| kangaroo | ŋalmuŋgu | maɭu | |
| opossum | jaːɭ | djaŋana | |
| crow | waːg | djäŋilga | |
| fly | moːl | ŋurin | |
| sun | ŋuŋa | wanda | |
| moon | mɛrg | girindji | |
| fire | ḏuŋgu | waɽu | |
| smoke | wanag | gundjuru | |
| water | goɽa | gabi |