Tharawal language
E680904
Tharawal language is an Australian Aboriginal language traditionally spoken by the Tharawal people of coastal New South Wales, south of Sydney.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tharawal language canonical | 4 |
| Dharuk language | 1 |
| Thurawal language | 1 |
| Turuwal language | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7680178 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tharawal language Context triple: [Yuin–Kuric languages, hasMember, Tharawal language]
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A.
Belhare language
The Belhare language is a Kiranti language of the Sino-Tibetan family spoken by the Belhare community in eastern Nepal.
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B.
Kharia language
Kharia language is a Munda language spoken primarily by the Kharia people in eastern India, especially in the states of Jharkhand, Odisha, and Chhattisgarh.
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C.
Kumaoni language
Kumaoni language is an Indo-Aryan language of the Central Pahari group spoken primarily in the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand, India.
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D.
Manombai language
The Manombai language is an Austronesian language spoken on the Aru Islands of eastern Indonesia.
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E.
Tawala language
Tawala language is an Austronesian language of the Papuan Tip region of Papua New Guinea, spoken primarily in coastal communities of Milne Bay Province.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tharawal language Target entity description: Tharawal language is an Australian Aboriginal language traditionally spoken by the Tharawal people of coastal New South Wales, south of Sydney.
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A.
Belhare language
The Belhare language is a Kiranti language of the Sino-Tibetan family spoken by the Belhare community in eastern Nepal.
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B.
Kharia language
Kharia language is a Munda language spoken primarily by the Kharia people in eastern India, especially in the states of Jharkhand, Odisha, and Chhattisgarh.
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C.
Kumaoni language
Kumaoni language is an Indo-Aryan language of the Central Pahari group spoken primarily in the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand, India.
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D.
Manombai language
The Manombai language is an Austronesian language spoken on the Aru Islands of eastern Indonesia.
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E.
Tawala language
Tawala language is an Austronesian language of the Papuan Tip region of Papua New Guinea, spoken primarily in coastal communities of Milne Bay Province.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Australian Aboriginal language
ⓘ
Pama–Nyungan language ⓘ |
| AIATSISCode | S59 ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Dharawal language
ⓘ
Thurawal language ⓘ
linked to:
Tharawal language
Turrubul (historical variant name) ⓘ Turuwal language ⓘ
linked to:
Tharawal language
|
| associatedPeople | Dharawal people ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo | Yuin languages of the south coast ⓘ |
| continent | Australia ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| documentation | recorded in 19th and 20th century wordlists ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Tharawal people ⓘ |
| glottologCode | dhar1248 ⓘ |
| glottologName |
Dharawal
ⓘ
linked to:
Dharawal people
|
| hasCaseSystem | ergative–absolutive alignment ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Northern Dharawal
ⓘ
linked to:
Dharawal Country
Southern Dharawal ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticArea |
Southeast New South Wales linguistic area
ⓘ
linked to:
Southeast Australia linguistic area
|
| hasLinguisticTypology | head-marking tendencies ⓘ |
| hasMorphologyType | agglutinative morphology ⓘ |
| hasNeighbouringLanguage |
Dharug language
ⓘ
Gandangara language ⓘ Yuin languages ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature | contrast between laminal and apical consonants (typical of many NSW languages) ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder | flexible word order ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | tbh ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Pama–Nyungan
ⓘ
linked to:
Pama–Nyungan languages
Yuin subgroup ⓘ Yuin–Kuric ⓘ |
| nativeTo | Tharawal Country ⓘ |
| region |
Illawarra region
ⓘ
south coast of New South Wales ⓘ |
| revitalisationEffort |
community language programs in New South Wales
ⓘ
teaching in some local schools and community centres ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Australia
ⓘ
New South Wales ⓘ coastal New South Wales ⓘ south of Sydney ⓘ |
| status |
endangered language
ⓘ
revival language ⓘ |
| traditionalTerritoryExtent |
Georges River region
ⓘ
linked to:
Georges River National Park
Illawarra coast ⓘ
linked to:
Illawarra coastline
Port Hacking region ⓘ
linked to:
Port Hacking River
Shoalhaven River region ⓘ
linked to:
Shoalhaven region
|
| usedFor |
ceremonial contexts
ⓘ
cultural revitalisation ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin script
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin alphabet
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tharawal language Description of subject: Tharawal language is an Australian Aboriginal language traditionally spoken by the Tharawal people of coastal New South Wales, south of Sydney.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Tharawal language
linked to: Tharawal language
linked to: Tharawal language