Tharawal language

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Tharawal language is an Australian Aboriginal language traditionally spoken by the Tharawal people of coastal New South Wales, south of Sydney.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Dharuk language 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Australian Aboriginal language
Pama–Nyungan language
AIATSISCode S59
alternativeName Dharawal language NERFINISHED
Thurawal language NERFINISHED
Turrubul (historical variant name) NERFINISHED
Turuwal language NERFINISHED
associatedPeople Dharawal people NERFINISHED
closelyRelatedTo Yuin languages of the south coast
continent Australia
country Australia
documentation recorded in 19th and 20th century wordlists
ethnicGroup Tharawal people NERFINISHED
glottologCode dhar1248
glottologName Dharawal NERFINISHED
hasCaseSystem ergative–absolutive alignment
hasDialect Northern Dharawal NERFINISHED
Southern Dharawal NERFINISHED
hasLinguisticArea Southeast New South Wales linguistic area NERFINISHED
hasLinguisticTypology head-marking tendencies
hasMorphologyType agglutinative morphology
hasNeighbouringLanguage Dharug language NERFINISHED
Gandangara language NERFINISHED
Yuin languages NERFINISHED
hasPhonologicalFeature contrast between laminal and apical consonants (typical of many NSW languages)
hasWordOrder flexible word order
ISO639-3Code tbh NERFINISHED
languageFamily Pama–Nyungan NERFINISHED
Yuin subgroup
Yuin–Kuric NERFINISHED
nativeTo Tharawal Country NERFINISHED
region Illawarra region NERFINISHED
south coast of New South Wales
revitalisationEffort community language programs in New South Wales
teaching in some local schools and community centres
spokenIn Australia NERFINISHED
New South Wales NERFINISHED
coastal New South Wales
south of Sydney
status endangered language
revival language
traditionalTerritoryExtent Georges River region NERFINISHED
Illawarra coast NERFINISHED
Port Hacking region NERFINISHED
Shoalhaven River region NERFINISHED
usedFor ceremonial contexts
cultural revitalisation
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yuin–Kuric languages hasMember Tharawal language
Dharuk people language Tharawal language
this entity surface form: Dharuk language
Yuin–Kuric languages languageFamilyOf Tharawal language