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Jawoyn language

Jawoyn (Jawonj, Jawany, Djauan, Jawan, Jawony; Adowen, Gun-djawan), also known as Kumertuo, is an endangered Gunwinyguan language spoken by elders in Arnhem Land, Australia.

Jawoyn
Djauan
RegionArnhem Land, Australia
EthnicityJawoyn people
Native speakers
15 (2021 census)[1]
Dialects
  • Jawoyn
  • Genhinj'mi
  • Ngarla'mi
  • Lhetburrirt
  • Ngan-wirlang
Language codes
ISO 639-3djn
Glottologdjau1244
AIATSIS[2]N57
ELPJawoyn

Phonology edit

Consonants edit

Peripheral Laminal Apical Glottal
Labial Velar Palatal Alveolar Retroflex
Plosive voiceless p k c t ʈ ʔ
tense ʈː
Nasal m ŋ ɲ n ɳ
Lateral l ɭ
Rhotic ɾ ~ r
Approximant w j ɻ

/ɾ/ can be heard as either a tap [ɾ] or a trill [r].

Vowels edit

References edit

  1. ^ "SBS Australian Census Explorer". Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  2. ^ N57 Jawoyn at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

Merlan, Francesca and Jacq, Pascale. (2005). Jawoyn-English dictionary & English finder-list. Northern Territory: Diwurruwurru-jaru Aboriginal Corporation, Katherine.

Merlan, Francesca C. (2016). Tricksters and Traditions: Jawoyn Stories and Storytellers. (Asia-Pacific Linguistics, 31.) Canberra: Asia-Pacific Linguistics.

External links edit

  • ELAR archive of Jawoyn


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