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Alawa language

Alawa (ISO 639-3 code alh) is a language of the Mangarrayi-Maran family spoken in Australia. It has about 17 speakers. The Endangered Languages Project lists it as critically endangered.

Facts

ISO 639-3 codealh
Glottocodealaw1244
FamilyMangarrayi-Maran
AreaAustralia
CountriesAustralia
Speakers (estimate)17
EndangermentCritically Endangered (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available)

Related languages

Other Mangarrayi-Maran languages, nearest first.

More about Alawa

Classification, area and countries: Glottolog (CC BY 4.0). Endangerment status and speaker estimate: Endangered Languages Project. Speaker numbers are estimates and differ between sources.