Guwa, also spelt Goa, Koa, and other variants, is an extinct and nearly unattested Australian Aboriginal language of Queensland spoken by the Koa people. It was apparently close to Yanda.
Dialects Guwa had a western and eastern dialect differentiation.
Phonology Based on the available data and other languages of the region, the following phoneme inventory can be determined.
Consonants PeripheralApicalLaminalLabialVelarAlveolarRetroflexDentalPalatalPlosivepktʈt̪cNasalmŋnɳn̪ɲRhoticɾ ~ rLaterall(ɭ)(l̪)ʎApproximantwɻj
There is some doubt to the presence of laterals [l̪, ɭ].
Vowels Guwa has a three-vowel system /i, a, u/.
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