Alawa language
Alawa is a moribund Indigenous Australian language spoken by the Alawa people of the Northern Territory. In 1991, it had 18 remaining speakers and 4 semi-speakers.Phonology
Consonants
Alawa has a typical consonant inventory for an Indigenous Australian language, with five contrastive places of articulation, multiple lateral consonants, and no voicing contrast among the stops.
Note: there are no standardised IPA symbols for alveopalatal stops.Vowels
The vowel system of Alawa is made up of four vowel phonemes: the high front vowel /i/, the high back vowel /u/, the mid front vowel /e/, and the low central vowel /a/.
| Front | Central | Back |
| High | i | | u |
| Mid | e | | |
| Low | | a | |
There are no rounding contrasts or length contrasts in this language.
