Anewan_language Knowpia

Anaiwan
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	D24 Southern Anaiwan, D64 Northern Anaiwan
ELP	Nganyaywana
	Anaiwan (green) among other Pama–Nyungan languages (tan)

Anaiwan (Anēwan) is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language of New 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

	Peripheral		Laminal	Apical
	Labial	Velar	Palatal	Alveolar	Retroflex
Plosive	b	ɡ	ɟ	d
Nasal	m	ŋ	ɲ	n
Lateral			ʎ	l
Trill				r
Approximant	w		j		ɻ

Vowels edit

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

References edit

^ D24 Southern Anaiwan at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (see the info box for additional links)
^ Bowern, Claire. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?", Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web, December 23, 2011 (corrected February 6, 2012)
^ D64 Enneewin at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
^ Crowley, Terry M. (1976). Phonological change in New England. In Dixon, R. M. W. (ed.), Grammatical categories in Australian languages: Canberra: AIAS. pp. 19–50.