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Anaiwan
Anewan
New England language
Region Armidale New South Wales, Australia
Ethnicity Anēwan, Himberrong
Extinct (date missing)
Language family
Pama–Nyungan
  • Anaiwan
    • Anaiwan
Dialects
Nganyaywana (South Anaiwan)
Inuwon–Himberrong
? Enneewin (North Anaiwan)
AIATSIS D24 Southern Anaiwan, D64
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Anaiwan (green) among other Pama–Nyungan languages (tan)

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.

Classification

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

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.

See also

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