This article is about the Australian language. For the Cushitic language, see Alawa language (Tanzania).
Alawa
Native to
Australia
Region
Northern Territory; Arnhem Land, Roper River.
Ethnicity
Alawa
Native speakers
5 (2021 census)[1]
Language family
Macro-Pama-Nyungan?
Macro-Gunwinyguan
Marran?
Alawa
Language codes
ISO 639-3
alh
Glottolog
alaw1244
AIATSIS[2]
N92
ELP
Alawa
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Alawa (Galawa) is a moribund Indigenous Australian language spoken by the Alawa people of the Northern Territory. In 1991, there were reportedly 18 remaining speakers and 4 semi-speakers.[3]
^Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021). "Cultural diversity: Census". Retrieved 13 October 2022.
^N92 Alawa at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
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