| Nauo | |
|---|---|
| Nawu, Nhawu | |
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Eyre Peninsula,South Australia |
| Ethnicity | Nauo people |
| Extinct | 19th century |
| Revival | 21st century |
| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | nwo |
| Glottolog | nauo1235 |
| AIATSIS[1] | L2 |
 Languages of South Australia.[2] | |
Nauo, orNawu, is anextinct, poorly-attestedPama-Nyungan language that was spoken by theNauo people on the southern part of theEyre Peninsula,South Australia.
Mobile Language Team at theUniversity of Adelaide are reconstructing the language.
Other variant spellings have been recorded as Nhawu, Nawo, Njao, Gnowoo, Growoo, and variant names include Battara, Hilleri, Kadu, Kartwongulta, and Wiljaru.
The Nauo language may have been related to the languages of its regional neighbours on the Eyre Peninsula, such asBarngarla orWirangu. It has also been treated as a variant of the Wirangu language.[1]
The language was deemed to be extinct byNorman Tindale, based on linguistic investigations done to determine Nauo's status in the 1930s. No speakers have been recorded since 1975.[1]
Mobile Language Team (MLT) from theUniversity of Adelaide has started work on the reconstruction of the language, based on the 10 words recorded by German missionaryC. W. Schürmann, increasing the wordlist to 300 words. MLT is preparing a website for online learning site of the language.[3]
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