Jawoyn (Jawonj, Jawany, Djauan, Jawan, Jawony; Adowen, Gun-djawan), also known as Kumertuo, is a moribund Gunwinyguan language spoken only by elders in Arnhem Land, Australia.
Jawoyn | |
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Djauan | |
Region | Arnhem Land, Australia |
Ethnicity | Jawoyn people |
Native speakers | 15 (2021 census)[1] |
Arnhem
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Dialects |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | djn |
Glottolog | djau1244 |
AIATSIS[2] | N57 |
ELP | Jawoyn |
Phonology
editConsonants
editPeripheral | Laminal | Apical | Glottal | ||||
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Labial | Velar | Palatal | Alveolar | Retroflex | |||
Plosive | voiceless | p | k | c | t | ʈ | ʔ |
tense | pː | kː | cː | tː | 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
editFront | Central | Back | |
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High | i | u | |
Mid | e | o | |
Low | a |
References
edit- ^ "SBS Australian Census Explorer". Retrieved 12 January 2023.
- ^ 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