Alawa (Galawa) is a moribund Indigenous Australian language spoken by the Alawa people of the Northern Territory.
In 1991, there were reportedly 18 remaining speakers and 4 semi-speakers.
[3] 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.
[4] Note: there are no standardised IPA symbols for alveopalatal stops.
[4] Capell (1942) lists the following basic vocabulary items:[5]