| Garawan | |
|---|---|
| Yanyi, Garrwan | |
| Geographic distribution | Northern Territory andQueensland |
| Linguistic classification | Macro-Pama–Nyungan?
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| Subdivisions | |
| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | garr1260 |
 Garawan and Tangkic (green). Garawan is the group inland. | |
TheGarawan languages (Garrwan), orYanyi, are a smalllanguage family ofAustralian Aboriginal languages currently spoken in northern Australia.
The languages are:
Gunindiri is almost entirely unknown.[1]
Garawan may be related to thePama–Nyungan languages, though this is not accepted in Bowern 2011.[2] The languages are close: Dixon (2002)[citation needed] says that it should be straightforward to reconstruct proto-Garawa–Wanji.
Capell (1940) lists the following basic vocabulary items:[3]
| gloss | Garama | 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 |
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