Guwa language
Guwa, also spelt Goa, Koa, and other variants, is an extinct and nearly unattested Australian Aboriginal language of Queensland spoken by the Koa people. It was apparently close to Yanda.[3]
| Guwa | |
|---|---|
| Goa | |
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | "Karna–Mari fringe", Queensland |
| Ethnicity | Koa people |
| Extinct | (date missing) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | xgw |
| Glottolog | guwa1242 |
| AIATSIS[3] | G9.1 |
| ELP | Guwa |
Phonology
Consonants
| Peripheral | Laminal | Apical | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labial | Velar | Dental | Palatal | Alveolar | Retroflex | |
| Plosive | p | k | t̪ | c | t | ʈ |
| Nasal | m | ŋ | n̪ | ɲ | n | ɳ |
| Rhotic | ɾ ~ r | |||||
| Lateral | (l̪) | ʎ | l | (ɭ) | ||
| Approximant | w | j | ɻ | |||
- Lateral sounds [l̪, ɭ] may have also been attested.
Vowels
Vowels are a three-vowel system /i, a, u/.[4]
References
- RMW Dixon (2002), Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development, p xxxiii
- Bowern, Claire. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?", Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web, December 23, 2011 (corrected February 6, 2012)
- G9.1 Guwa at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- Blake, Barry J.; Breen, Gavan (1990). Guwa. In Gavan Breen (ed.), Salvage studies of Western Queensland Aboriginal languages: Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University. pp. 108–144.
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