Tharawal languages

Tharawal (Thurawal) is a small family of extinct Australian Aboriginal languages once spoken along the South Coast of New South Wales.

Tharawal
Ethnicity	Yuin people
Geographic distribution	New South Wales, Australia
Linguistic classification	Pama–Nyungan Yuin–Kuric Yuin Tharawal
Subdivisions	Tharawal Dhurga Thawa ?Dyirringanj
Glottolog	nort2761  (partial overlap)[1] sout2771[2]

According to Dixon (2002),[3] four Tharawal languages are attested, though he does not accept them as related:

Tharawal, Dhurga, Dyirringanj, Thawa

Bowern (2011) lists three–Dharawal, Dhurga, and Thawa—among the Yuin languages.[4]

Speakers

Peoples who spoke these languages include:

Southern New South Wales group Clans and Families of The Northern Dharawal

• Noron-Geragal
• Targarigal
• Goonamattagal
• Wodi Wodi
• Gweagal (Geawegal)

New South Wales south coast group

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

References

1. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Northern Costal Yuin". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Southern Coastal Yuin". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
3. Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge University Press. pp. xxxiv–xxxv. ISBN 978-0-521-47378-1.
4. Bowern, Claire. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?", Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web, December 23, 2011 (corrected February 6, 2012)