Tharawal, also spelt Thurawal and Dharawal, is a small family of extinct Australian Aboriginal languages once spoken along the South Coast of New South Wales.

Number of languages in the group

According to Bob Dixon (2002), four Tharawal languages are attested, though he does not accept them as related: *

Tharawal The Dharawal people, also spelt Tharawal and other variants, are an Aboriginal Australian people, identified by the Dharawal language. Traditionally, they lived as hunter–fisher–gatherers in family groups or clans with ties of kinship, ...

* Dhurga * Dyirringanj * Thawa

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(2011) lists three, among the Yuin languages:Bowern, Claire. 2011.
How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?
, ''Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web'', December 23, 2011
corrected
February 6, 2012) * Dharawal * Dhurga * Thawa

Speakers

Peoples who spoke these languages include: Clans and Families of The Northern Dharawal * Noron-Geragal * Targarigal * Goonamattagal * Wodi Wodi * Gweagal (Geawegal)

New South Wales south coast The South Coast refers to the narrow coastal belt from Shoalhaven district in the north to the border with Victoria in the south in the south-eastern part of the State of New South Wales, Australia. It is bordered to the west by the coastal es ...

group *

Dharawal The Dharawal people, also spelt Tharawal and other variants, are an Aboriginal Australian people, identified by the Dharawal language. Traditionally, they lived as hunter–fisher–gatherers in family groups or clans with ties of kinship, ...

* Dhurga or Thurga (Thoorga, Durga) * Dyirringanj (Djirringanj) * Thaua (Thawa)

References

Yuin–Kuric languages Extinct languages of New South Wales {{ia-lang-stub