title: Tharawal languages
text: # Tharawal languages
  
  Tharawal, also spelt Thurawal and Dharawal, is a small family of extinct Australian Aboriginal languages once spoken along the South Coast of New South Wales.
  
  ## Number of languages in the group
  
  According to Bob Dixon (2002), four Tharawal languages are attested, though he does not accept them as related:
  
  * Tharawal
  * Dhurga
  * Dyirringanj
  * Thawa
  
  Claire Bowern (2011) lists three, among the Yuin languages:
  
  * Dharawal
  * Dhurga
  * Thawa
  
  ## Speakers
  
  Peoples who spoke these languages include:
  
  Clans and Families of The Northern Dharawal
  
  * Noron-Geragal
  * Targarigal
  * Goonamattagal
  * Wodi Wodi
  * Gweagal (Geawegal)
  
  New South Wales south coast group
  
  * Dharawal
  * Dhurga or Thurga (Thoorga, Durga)
  * Dyirringanj (Djirringanj)
  * Thaua (Thawa)
  