Garrwa
Karrwa; Garawa; Karawa; Leearrawa; Gaarwa; Karwa; Karrawar; Kurrawar; Korrawa; Karrwaz; Garuwa; Grawa; Kariwa; Leearawa; Wollongorang; Wulungwara;
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"The 2006 Australian Bureau of Statistics Census reports 35 people in the Borroloola area who speak Garrwa at home (cf. 69 Yanyuwa speakers), and 24 in the wider Gulf region (a region which includes the country east of Borroloola to the Queensland border)."
2012
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Northern Territory, Australia
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Borroloola, Wandangula, Robinson River,
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"While efforts at language maintenance are ongoing, which includes the teaching of songs, dances, and vocabulary, they depend largely on the initiative of the older generations."
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110 (1996 census). May be 10 Wanji speakers (2000 N. Adams)
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"Children no longer speak Garrwa as a first language, although they will acquire some knowledge of Narrative functions of clause linkage in Garrwa lexicon and grammar throughout their lives. Nevertheless, although there are some language maintenance programs in operation, and there are still probably about 100 native speakers of Garrwa, it is likely that Garrwa will cease to be a language of everyday talk in the next generation or so."
2005
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Gulf of Carpentaria, Northern Australia
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"The Garrwa people mostly live in the southwestern Gulf of Carpentaria region of Northern Australia, from the towns of Borroloola to Doomagee."
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"The Garrwa people mostly live in the southwestern Gulf of Carpentaria region of Northern Australia, from the towns of Borroloola to Doomagee."
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