Tharawal languages

Tharawal
Tharawal
Geographic; distribution	New South Wales, Australia
Ethnicity	Yuin people
Linguistic classification	Pama–Nyungan Yuin–Kuric Yuin Tharawal; ; ;
Subdivisions	Tharawal; Dhurga; Thawa; ?Dyirringanj;
Language codes
Glottolog	nort2761 (partial overlap); sout2771

Tharawal, also spelt Thurawal and Dharawal, is a small family of mostly 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]

Dharawal

Dhurga

Thawa

Speakers

Peoples who spoke these languages include:

Clans and Families of The Northern Dharawal

New South Wales south coast group

Dharawal
Dhurga or Thurga (Thoorga, Durga)
Dyirringanj (Djirringanj)
Thaua (Thawa)

References

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

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[1] Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge University Press. pp. xxxiv–xxxv. ISBN 978-0-521-47378-1.

[2] Bowern, Claire. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?", Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web, December 23, 2011 (corrected February 6, 2012)

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