Anewan language

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.

Anaiwan
Anewan New England
Native to	Australia
Region	Armidale, New South Wales
Ethnicity	Anēwan, Himberrong
Extinct	(date missing)
Revival	2017
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)

Classification

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

Dialects

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

Consonants

	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

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

See also

• Dyangadi languages