Tharawal languages explained

Tharawal
Familycolor:Australian
Fam3:Yuin
Child1:Tharawal
Child2:Dhurga
Child4:?Dyirringanj
Child3:Thawa
Glotto:nort2761
Glottorefname:Northern Costal Yuin
Glottoname:partial overlap
Glotto2:sout2771
Glottorefname2:Southern Coastal Yuin

Tharawal, also spelt Thurawal and Dharawal, is a small family of extinct Australian Aboriginal languages once spoken along the South Coast of New South Wales.

Number of languages in the group

According to Bob Dixon (2002), four Tharawal languages are attested, though he does not accept them as related:[1]

Claire Bowern (2011) lists three, among the Yuin languages:[2]

Speakers

Peoples who spoke these languages include:

Clans and Families of The Northern Dharawal

New South Wales south coast group

Notes and References

  1. Book: Dixon, R. M. W. . R. M. W. Dixon . Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development . . 2002 . 978-0-521-47378-1 . xxxiv–xxxv .
  2. Bowern, Claire. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?", Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web, December 23, 2011 (corrected February 6, 2012)