Alawa
Alawa is a Mangarrayi-Maran language spoken in Australia, by about 12 people. Glottolog rates it nearly extinct.
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Alawa (Galawa) is a moribund Indigenous Australian language spoken by the Alawa people of the Northern Territory. In 1991, there were reportedly 18 remaining speakers and 4 semi-speakers, by 2021, the number of people speaking it at home had dropped to 5.
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Words in Alawa
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| man | lilmi | |
| woman | girija | |
| eye | gulur | |
| nose | gujumur | |
| tongue | djeːjälŋ | |
| head | guɽuguɽu | |
| blood | ŋulidji | |
| bone | galawa | |
| water | ŋuku |
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · alaw1244 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · alh