Thawa language

Thawa
Thawa
Native to	Australia
Region	New South Wales
Ethnicity	Thawa
Native speakers	(undated figure of very few)
Revival	2015
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Yuin–Kuric Yuin Tharawal Southern Coastal Yuin? Thawa; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	xtv
Glottolog	None; sout2771 included in Southern Coastal Yuin
AIATSIS	S52

Thawa^{note 1} is a nearly extinct Australian Aboriginal language of New South Wales with only very few speakers including certain local elders. It is sometimes classified with Dyirringany as a dialect of Southern Coastal Yuin, though it is not clear how close the two varieties actually were.¹

In 2015 local Yuin people collaborated with the Tathra Public School in Tathra to create a new app as a teaching aid for both Thawa and the Dhurga language, using old audio recordings of elders as well as documentation created by early explorers and settlers in the region. One of the major contributors to the project, Graham Moore, has also written an Aboriginal language book.²

Notes

Sometimes spelt Thaua, Dhawa, Thauaira, and other variations.

References

S52 Thawa at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
Brown, Bill (16 October 2015). "Yuin elders develop 'message stick' app to teach almost-lost Aboriginal language". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 21 June 2021.

[first-2] Sometimes spelt Thaua, Dhawa, Thauaira, and other variations.

[AIATSIS-1] S52 Thawa at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

[3] Brown, Bill (16 October 2015). "Yuin elders develop 'message stick' app to teach almost-lost Aboriginal language". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 21 June 2021.

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