Guwa | |
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Goa | |
Native to | Australia |
Region | "Karna–Mari fringe", Queensland |
Ethnicity | Koa people |
Extinct | (date missing) |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
xgw |
Glottolog |
guwa1242 |
AIATSIS [3] |
G9.1 |
ELP | Guwa |
Guwa, also spelt Goa, Koa, and other variants, is an extinct and nearly unattested Australian Aboriginal language of Queensland spoken by the Koa people. It was apparently close to Yanda. [3]
Peripheral | Laminal | Apical | ||||
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Labial | Velar | Dental | Palatal | Alveolar | Retroflex | |
Plosive | p | k | t̪ | c | t | ʈ |
Nasal | m | ŋ | n̪ | ɲ | n | ɳ |
Rhotic | ɾ ~ r | |||||
Lateral | (l̪) | ʎ | l | (ɭ) | ||
Approximant | w | j | ɻ |
Vowels are a three-vowel system /i, a, u/. [4]