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

Consonants
Peripheral Laminal Apical Glottal
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
Front Central Back
High i u
Mid e o
Low a

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.


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