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Anewan language

Anaiwan
Anewan
New England language
Region	Armidale New South Wales, Australia
Ethnicity	Anēwan, Himberrong
Extinct	(date missing)
Revival	2017-present, no native speakers
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Anaiwan Anaiwan
Dialects	Nganyaywana (South Anaiwan) Inuwon–Himberrong ? Enneewin (North Anaiwan)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	nyx
Glottolog	ngan1296
AIATSIS[1]	D24 Southern Anaiwan, D64 Northern Anaiwan
ELP	Nganyaywana
Anaiwan (green) among other Pama–Nyungan languages (tan)

Anaiwan (Anēwan) is an extinct Australian Aboriginal languageofNew South Wales. Since 2017, there has been a revival program underway to bring the language back.

Classification[edit]

Once included in the Kuric languages, Bowern (2011) classifies Nganyaywana as a separate Anēwan (Anaiwan) branch of the Pama–Nyungan languages.^[2]

Dialects[edit]

Besides Nganyaywana, Anewan may include Enneewin, with which shares about 65% of its vocabulary. Crowley (1976) counts these as distinct languages, whereas Wafer and Lissarrague (2008) consider them to be dialects.^[3]

Phonology[edit]

Consonants[edit]

Vowels[edit]

• Vowels are heard as /i, a, u/. Each may also have allophones as [e], [ɛ, ɔ], and [o].^[4]

See also[edit]

• Dyangadi languages

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Bibliography of Nganyaywana language and people resources, at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

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