Jawoyn language

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Jawoyn
Djauan
Region Arnhem Land, Australia
Ethnicity Jawoyn people
Native speakers
15 (2021 census) [1]
Dialects
  • Jawoyn
  • Genhinj'mi
  • Ngarla'mi
  • Lhetburrirt
  • Ngan-wirlang
Language codes
ISO 639-3 djn
Glottolog djau1244
AIATSIS [2] N57
ELP Jawoyn

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.

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Phonology

Consonants

Peripheral Laminal Apical Glottal
Labial Velar Palatal Alveolar Retroflex
Plosive voicelesspkctʈʔ
tenseʈː
Nasal mŋɲnɳ
Lateral lɭ
Rhotic ɾ ~ r
Approximant wjɻ

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

Vowels

Front Central Back
High iu
Mid eo
Low a

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References

  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. ix+192pp.